Jul 20 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . Larry Leger and Sharon Knight, of Louisiana, came up Glacier National Park on a tour of the West. With the Going-to-the-Sun Road closed over Logan Pass at the time, they decided to extend their stay, traveling to Canada and then Yellowstone National Park. “We delayed our departure [...]
Jul 14 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Going-to-the-Sun Road opened Wednesday at 7:41 a.m., and the entire 50-mile length of the road is now open to vehicle and bicycle traffic for the summer. “The opening of the Sun Road was extremely tough this year. We appreciate the hard work of our road crew, [...]
Jul 12 2011
Glacier Park is still playing their cards close to the vest in the opening of Going-to-the-Sun Road through Logan Pass, but the predicted opening sometime Wednesday seems likely. From the Daily Inter Lake . . . Glacier National Park is still on track to open Going-to-the-Sun Road over Logan Pass sometime on Wednesday. Park officials [...]
Jul 07 2011
Great Scott! They’re not opening Logan Pass until July 13th. Aside from the inaugural opening on July 15, 1933, which doesn’t really count, this is the latest opening ever. Here’s the meat of the Glacier Park press release . . . Glacier National Park officials announced today that the entire 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun [...]
Jul 06 2011
From today’s Hungry Horse News . . . Glacier National Park’s Logan Pass is still socked in with snow, and this year will mark one of the latest openings of the entire length of the Going-to-the-Sun Road ever. Plow crews have reached Logan Pass, but they still have to punch through the Big Drift and [...]
Jul 01 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . Glacier National Park will be hard-pressed in avoiding a record late opening of Going-to-the-Sun Road over Logan Pass, but the park is gearing up its free shuttle service for expanded service this weekend beyond the vehicle closure gates at Avalanche Campground. Despite having rotary plows and other [...]
Jul 01 2011
Here’s the meat of today’s “weekend update” from Glacier National Park . . . Park Officials announce the Going-to-the-Sun Road Transit System will begin operation on July 1 through September 2, 2011. Limited shuttle routes, stops and times are offered. Additional openings for the holiday weekend are horse rides at the Lake McDonald Corral and [...]
Jun 30 2011
From a press release posted today on the Glacier Park web site . . . Park Officials announce the Going-to-the-Sun Road Transit System will begin operations on July 1. On the west side of the park a modified shuttle schedule will operate daily, from 7:00am to 5:00pm, until the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to [...]
Jun 29 2011
From today’s Hungry Horse News . . . Glacier National Park plow crews are closing in on Logan Pass, but they still have a good week of work ahead of them. As of presstime, crews on the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road were just below Logan Pass near Rimrocks. On the east side, plow [...]
Jun 24 2011
Glacier National Park posted their weekend update today. The bulk of it discusses the ongoing work to get Logan Pass and the remainder of Going-to-the-Sun Road opened up. There’s still lots of snow to plow and no official opening date yet . . . Plowing and rehabilitation work continue on the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) [...]
