Gunsight Pass Shelter Explained

Gunsight Pass Shelter
Nearest City:	West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates:	48.6094°N -113.7378°W
Built:	1932
Architect:	NPS Landscape Division
Added:	February 14, 1986
Mpsub:	Glacier National Park MRA
Refnum:	86000344

The Gunsight Pass Shelter in Glacier National Park is a rustic stone building near the treeline. The one-room shelter is equipped with a woodstove. Work began on the shelter in September 1931 and was complete in June 1932 to a design by the National Park Service Landscape Division. The design was inspired by similar cabins built by the Appalachian Mountain Club in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.^{[1] [2]} The shelter is located on the South Loop Trail, itself listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gunsight Pass Shelter. 2008-11-14. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521182919/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=160. 2011-05-21. dead.
2. [{{NRHP url|id=86000344}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Gunsight Pass Shelter]. pdf. June 1984 . Historical Research Associates . National Park Service.
3. [{{NRHP url|id=95001579}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glacier National Park Tourist Trails--Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle]. pdf. June 1995 . Ann Hubber . National Park Service.