An item in the yesterday's column in the Hungry Horse News from 1993, This was apparently during the period when both chalets were closed due to environmental problems:
30 years ago
Dec. 9, 1993
The preferred option to fix up Glacier Parkβs backcountry chalets had a price tag of about $4.2 million. The toilet at Sperry Chalet, which never worked entirely as designed, cost $1 million in the end and made national headlines. The chalets were closed to the public at the time due to maintenance and human waste issues.