Closed to the public in the fall of 1925, and guides the following year, the rationale is confusing. Like Lake Louise, the ascent from the new station was onerous for horse-drawn vehicles. However, Lake Louise resolved this challenge with a gasoline-powered tramway (1912–1930). Rather than using the existing track infrastructure to replicate the concept, CP dismantled the bridge spans and track in 1917. Despite this encumbrance, nearly 4,000 guests stayed in 1920. The more popular Banff and Lake Louise destinations were the CP priorities, and destructive fires at those hotels, in 1924 and 1926 respectively, drained investment capital. However, CP prepared grandiose plans for Glacier as late as 1926, indicating construction within years. After CP laid off the caretakers in 1927, the buildings were looted and vandalized. The company demolished the remainder in 1929. Rebuilding proposals faded with the Great Depression.
