| Facilities: The Glacier Bay lodge will provide restrooms before beginning the hike. Reservations: Unknown Best Time To Visit: Glacier Bay National Park is open year-round. The park Visitor Center is open from mid-May to mid-September. Services in winter are extremely limited. Fees: There are no entrance or user fees for non-commercial visitors. Accessibility: Unknown Rules: Be aware of hiking in bear country. Directions: Alaska Airlines provides daily jet service from Seattle via Juneau to Gustavus during the summer visitor season. The Gustavus airport is 10 miles by road from park headquarters at Bartlett Cove. Several air taxi companies provide daily small-plane flights year-round from Juneau to Gustavus as well. Air taxis also fly a network of routes that link Juneau and Gustavus to Haines, Skagway, and other southeast Alaska towns. |