“The silence was almost overwhelming: just the faint sound of water beside me and the crunch of rocks under my hiking boots,” Hart said.
“I walked along the river. The water was so clear and blue that I could see every pebble on the riverbed, and I couldn’t help but cry. Thinking of the journey that brought me here — the 63rd national park I’d visited solo — I felt at peace.”
The park tends to be at its busiest in late summer, while fall (mid-September, this far north) means less competition for coveted space on bush planes, along with stunning fall colors, the expert said.
Other parks — like Glacier Bay, also in Alaska — have been battling the environmental impacts of overtourism in recent years. Maridav – stock.adobe.com
The tantalizing taste of tundra life comes as many of America’s national parks struggle with overcrowding — to the point where a growing number are forcing visitors to book their visits ahead of time.
This summer, travelers hoping for a glimpse of California’s Yosemite were expected to remember to snag a reservation in advance — or risk being denied entry to the park on arrival, The Post reported earlier.
A similar system has become the norm for Montana’s über-popular Glacier National Park, which had already been requiring drivers on the iconic Going-to-the-Sun Road to have a time-stamped access pass, which can be hard to snag during peak season.
Without the system, say rangers at parks like Mount Rainier, which is easily accessible from Seattle and Portland by car, visitors would end up waiting for hours to enter — jamming local roads and causing all sorts of other problems.
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