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Originally Posted by Sliver
I feel like you guys have never been to the parking lot at Lake Louise Ski Resort or Sunshine Village. Yeah, parking lots are kinda ugly, but it is what it is. It's also exacerbated by concentrating a gazillion people into, like, four attractions in the mountains and don't add any access or infrastructure to the 782 other beautiful attractions except for very fit hikers.
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This has been park policy for years. They've pretty much given up opening the back country, and all the staff who used to do it are gone. Rangers and ranger cabins are seldom used anymore. They want to concentrate tourists in a few tight areas to bring money in to manage the rest of the parks.
The reality is, places like Moraine Lake can only handle so many people. Buses are a good solution, as increasing parking would just exacerbate other problems, like driving through LL. It worked before because there were fewer people. Since we refuse to accept that overpopulation is an issue, we better get used to these solutions. And capitalism requires extracting maximum dollars through minimum costs. Thus, buses.