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 The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...

Landscape Division. The design was inspired by similar cabins built by the

Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the oldest outdoor group in the United States. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Ma ...

in the White Mountains of

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. The shelter is located on the South Loop Trail, itself listed on the

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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Government buildings completed in 1932 Rustic architecture in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Flathead County, Montana 1932 establishments in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park Mountain huts in the United States {{Montana-NRHP-stub