"There will be no public services including food, restrooms, or snow plowing sufficient for safe public travel anywhere in the park beginning late Sunday," said Tracy Swartout, deputy superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park.

As the partial government shutdown continues, the National Park Service has struggled to keep its Northwest jewels open.

When the government shutdown began on December 22, National Park Service higher-ups aspired to keep open the parks out West — as best it could with a skeleton staff.

They had help at first: The company that runs the National Park Inn at Longmire, in the foothills of Mount Rainier, stepped in. Their staff cleaned toilets, collected trash, and plowed roads, but as business declined, they had to stop. The inn closed Sunday.

About 35 workers of the park concessionaire will be furloughed, said Melinda Simpson, operations manager.