Accessible Outdoors - 学生生活

鹰山

Established in 1982, 鹰山 provides opportunities and support to people with disabilities, 退伍军人, and cancer patients with skiing, horseback riding, 游泳, 野营, 攀岩, 皮划艇, 骑自行车, 钓鱼, and other outdoor activities.

Ski for Light Montana

Part of the Ski for Light, Inc. national network, Ski for Light Montana 是一个为盲人或视力受损的成年人协调越野滑雪和徒步旅行活动的非营利组织吗.

Southwest Montana

几道, 露营地, 在蒙大拿州西南部的景点，残疾人可以部分或完全进入!

  • Eight Mile Ford - Ennis, MT
  • Causeway - Helena, MT
  • Trout Creek Canyon Trail - Helena, MT
  • Bear Trap Canyon Trail - Norris, MT
  • Craig Fishing Access Site - Craig, MT
  • Little Joe Campground - Wise River, MT
  • Skidway Campground - Townsend, MT
  • Lost Creek Falls - Anaconda, MT
  • Lewis and Clark Caverns - Whitehall, MT
  • 7R Guest Ranch - Wolf Creek, MT
  • Crystal Park - Dillon, MT
  • 落基山脉圣母山-比尤特，MT(轮椅专车)

参观 official Southwest Montana website 有关小径、露营地、活动和其他可做的事情的更多信息.

国家公园

美国的公共土地对所有人开放，即使是残疾人. Despite this, not every space is accessible. According to Mathew McCollough, Director of the Washington, D.C. branch of the Office of Disability Rights, the outdoors are “the last frontier when it comes to the ADA. 我们的国家公园已经取得了进展，但我们还有很长的路要走.”

然而, 国家公园管理局的无障碍工作小组不断努力提高其公园和项目的无障碍程度. 我们在蒙大拿有两个迷人的国家公园——冰川北部, and Yellowstone to the South - and both have amenities, 住宿, 项目, and sites that are accessible to visitors with disabilities.

请注意, if you have a permanent disability, 您有资格获得免费终身访问通行证(带残疾证明和居住证明).S. 国家公园 and Federal Recreational Lands. 请访问 the national parks official website for more information on how to acquire a lifetime access pass.

Service and Assistance Animals at 国家公园

  • Unlike at Montana Tech, 在美国，服务性动物不属于“服务性动物”的范畴.S. 国家公园. Only fully trained service animals are permitted, and they must be clearly marked, 栓着, and cleaned up after. For their own safety, 服务性动物不允许进入封闭的小径或有大量动物活动的小径. 
  • 服务性动物，训练中的动物和辅助动物被视为宠物，只允许在某些地区使用.

American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters

  • 国家公园管理局可以提供美国手语(ASL)翻译, but requires three weeks advanced notice.
  • 黄石公园的口译员请致电307-344-2251，冰川公园的口译员请致电406-888-7800.

要知道的事情

  • 的 NPS Yellowstone National Park app provides up-to-date accessibility information, and allows you to download maps to your device to use offline. Cell phone service is unreliable in most national parks.
  • 音频、文本和盲文地图和小册子可从 official Yellowstone National Park website.
  • 避开人群的最佳时间是早上8点之前和下午5点之后. 请注意,, if you go before 8am and/or after 5pm, many of the amenities and visitors centers may be closed.

Glacier National Park

  • 根据要求，游客中心可以提供配有辅助听力设备的视频.
  • 冰川国家公园的官方网站上有一个小视频库，里面有字幕，从基本的安全信息到公园的景点亮点，都有重点介绍.
  • 有几辆公共汽车可以接送乘客往返于公园住宿和游客中心.
  • Many of the 露营地 are accessible, 包括, but not limited to, 阿普加, 雪崩, 鲍曼, Kintla湖, 升起的太阳, St. Mary, and Two Medicine.
  • Many of the trails and walks are also accessible. 的y include: Lake MacDonald Trail, Trail of the Cedar Nature Trail, Goat Lick Overlook, Oberlin Bend Trail, and Running Eagle Falls Nature Trail.

参观 official Glacier National Park website for more information on accessibility.

Yellowstone National Park

  • 黄石国家公园的官方网站上有一个小视频库，里面有字幕，从基本的安全信息到公园的景点亮点，都有重点介绍.
  • 市民可透过公共文字电话(TTY)服务获取有关视听教具的资料, 轮椅, and other mobility needs. 
  • All films shown at Canyon, 老忠实泉, 和格兰特游客中心都配有字幕，并配有辅助听力设备, 而猛犸温泉的奥尔布赖特游客中心在展览和展览的无声视频上有公开的字幕, and induction loop technology at the information desk.
  • 大型印刷品和盲文材料可以在游客中心或黄石国家公园的官方网站上获得.

参观 official Yellowstone National Park website 了解更多关于无障碍的信息，今天就计划你的美国第一个国家公园之旅!