Glacier National Park’s website details how Going-to-the-Sun opened in its entirety on June 16 in 2016 and June 19 in 2015. The news comes relatively on par with previous years. “Park work crews have finished snow removal, assessed current snow conditions, removed rocks and other road debris, installed guard rails, and prepared Logan Pass facilities for visitor use,” the news release stated. Logan Pass, as detailed in the release, would also open in the same time frame. Late Saturday evening, Glacier National Park officials announced the previously closed section would open by Sunday morning. Availability to vehicles, as last reported by MTN News, was 29 miles - excluding the portion of the road between Avalanche Creek and Jackson Glacier Overlook. Total vehicular access, however, remained closed throughout the spring season. The traditional snowplowing process began on Going-to-the-Sun in early April this season, during which access was mostly closed off to hikers and bikers.Īccessibility creeped along for hikers and bikers with the plowing effort, and crews reached the route’s highest point, Logan Pass (which sits at 6,646 feet above sea level) on May 25. The two-hour-long scenic mountain road past Lake McDonald Lodge has been only partially open in recent months due to snowpack at the high elevation. “The Going-to-the-Sun Road will be open on Sunday morning, June 23, in its entirety to motorized vehicle travel, pending any last minute changes due to weather,” said a press release from the park to MTN News obtained Saturday evening. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK - The entirety of Glacier National Park’s famed 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road is now completely accessible to visitors by car, one day after park officials’ estimated opening date.
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