108:
17:
116:
abnormally heavy late winter and early spring snowfall, the Going-to-the-Sun Road did not open until July 13, which, at that time, was the latest opening since the road was built. That record was passed in 2022, when Going-to-the-Sun Road opened July 15, exactly 89 years since the road was dedicated.
115:
The entire Going-to-the-Sun Road takes about ten weeks to plow, even with equipment that can move 4,000 short tons of snow an hour. By the first of June of each year, the Logan Pass visitor center can usually be reached by vehicle from at least one side of the
Continental Divide. In 2011, due to
71:
that will be needed in order to reopen the Going-to-the-Sun Road for the summer season. By early April, snow removal crews working from either end of the 53 miles (85 km) roadway have begun to ascend the steeper east and west slopes of the
79:
The area of the Big Drift is usually reached by late May, and it often can take a month to clear this one stretch of road that is slightly more than 1 mile (1.6 km) in length. Survey crews identify
167:
20:
The Big Drift as seen on March 23, 2006. Buildings in center are at Logan Pass while the Going-to-the-Sun Road lies buried under the Big Drift on right side of image.
246:
407:
107:
296:
441:
144:
239:
134:
49:
175:
436:
232:
195:
415:
255:
29:
44:
where a large amount of winter snow can accumulate to depths of 80 feet (24 m). Located immediately east of
286:
111:
This truck is used to blow away the snow. The snow is usually fed into the snowplow's snowblower by a bulldozer.
336:
263:
41:
446:
321:
354:
331:
311:
397:
374:
89:
85:
379:
140:
359:
276:
97:
57:
326:
301:
369:
364:
430:
306:
389:
346:
291:
68:
281:
73:
61:
316:
101:
93:
67:
As spring approaches, the region is surveyed by helicopter in preparation for
45:
33:
210:
197:
81:
53:
224:
37:
16:
168:"Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road to open July 13, 2nd latest ever"
106:
15:
228:
48:, the westerly winds push snow over the crest of the
406:
388:
345:
262:
60:. West of the divide, this arête is known as the
240:
8:
92:are usually removed using explosives, then
247:
233:
225:
100:move the snow over the cliffsides or into
84:hazards and help to locate the road using
408:Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
136:Insiders Guide to Glacier National Park
125:
7:
14:
52:onto the eastern flank of a long
166:Scott, Tristan (July 7, 2011).
139:. Insiders Guide. p. 20.
1:
442:Glacier National Park (U.S.)
416:Waterton Lakes National Park
463:
287:Going to the Sun Mountain
56:which extends south from
40:and is an area along the
112:
21:
437:Going-to-the-Sun Road
264:Going-to-the-Sun Road
256:Glacier National Park
110:
42:Going-to-the-Sun Road
30:Glacier National Park
19:
211:48.6972°N 113.7080°W
133:Olin, Susan (2008).
355:Granite Park Chalet
332:Trail of the Cedars
312:Lake McDonald Lodge
207: /
398:Two Medicine Store
375:Many Glacier Hotel
216:48.6972; -113.7080
113:
86:global positioning
50:Continental Divide
22:
424:
423:
380:Swiftcurrent Lake
178:on April 26, 2012
146:978-0-7627-4404-6
98:front-end loaders
88:equipment. Large
454:
360:Grinnell Glacier
277:Bird Woman Falls
249:
242:
235:
226:
222:
221:
219:
218:
217:
212:
208:
205:
204:
203:
200:
187:
186:
184:
183:
174:. Archived from
163:
157:
156:
154:
153:
130:
58:Pollock Mountain
462:
461:
457:
456:
455:
453:
452:
451:
427:
426:
425:
420:
402:
384:
341:
327:Saint Mary Lake
302:Jackson Glacier
258:
253:
215:
213:
209:
206:
201:
198:
196:
194:
193:
191:
190:
181:
179:
165:
164:
160:
151:
149:
147:
132:
131:
127:
122:
12:
11:
5:
460:
458:
450:
449:
444:
439:
429:
428:
422:
421:
419:
418:
412:
410:
404:
403:
401:
400:
394:
392:
386:
385:
383:
382:
377:
372:
370:Lake Sherburne
367:
365:Iceberg Cirque
362:
357:
351:
349:
343:
342:
340:
339:
334:
329:
324:
319:
314:
309:
304:
299:
297:Highline Trail
294:
289:
284:
279:
274:
268:
266:
260:
259:
254:
252:
251:
244:
237:
229:
189:
188:
158:
145:
124:
123:
121:
118:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
459:
448:
445:
443:
440:
438:
435:
434:
432:
417:
414:
413:
411:
409:
405:
399:
396:
395:
393:
391:
387:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
352:
350:
348:
344:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
307:Lake McDonald
305:
303:
300:
298:
295:
293:
290:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
273:
270:
269:
267:
265:
261:
257:
250:
245:
243:
238:
236:
231:
230:
227:
223:
220:
177:
173:
169:
162:
159:
148:
142:
138:
137:
129:
126:
119:
117:
109:
105:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
77:
75:
70:
65:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
39:
35:
31:
27:
18:
390:Two Medicine
347:Many Glacier
337:Weeping Wall
292:Heavens Peak
271:
192:
180:. Retrieved
176:the original
171:
161:
150:. Retrieved
135:
128:
114:
78:
69:snow removal
66:
25:
23:
447:Lewis Range
282:Garden Wall
214: /
202:113°42′29″W
102:dump trucks
74:Lewis Range
62:Garden Wall
431:Categories
322:Rising Sun
317:Logan Pass
199:48°41′50″N
182:2011-11-04
172:Missoulian
152:2011-11-04
120:References
94:excavators
46:Logan Pass
34:U.S. state
272:Big Drift
82:avalanche
32:, in the
26:Big Drift
90:cornices
38:Montana
143:
28:is in
54:arête
141:ISBN
96:and
24:The
36:of
433::
170:.
104:.
76:.
64:.
248:e
241:t
234:v
185:.
155:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
