The Glacier Park Hotel Co., under franchise from the Department of the
Interior, operates the hotel and chalet system in the park and the
Belton Chalets. This system includes the Glacier Park Hotel at Glacier
Park Station, an imposing structure built of massive logs, nearly as
long as the Capitol at Washington, accommodating 400 guests; the Many
Glacier Hotel on Swiftcurrent Lake, accommodating over 500 guests; and
the Lake McDonald Hotel on Lake McDonald, with capacity for 100 guests.
The chalet groups are from 10 to 18 miles apart, but within hiking
distance of one another or of the hotels, and provide excellent
accommodations for trail tourists. They are located at Two Medicine,
Cutbank, St. Mary, Sun Camp, Granite Park, Sperry, and Belton. In
addition to these, the Glacier Park Saddle Horse Co. maintains tent
camps at Red Eagle Lake, Crossley Lake, Goathaunt, and Fifty Mountain.
There are also a few hotels and camps located on the west side, in
or adjacent to the park, on private lands. The National Park Service
exercises no control over their rates and operations. Private tourist
cabins and hotels are operated outside the park at Glacier Park
Station, Belton, St. Mary, Babb, and Browning Junction.