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Sep. 11—Glacier National Park officials planned to proactively close the alpine section of Going-to-the-Sun Road on Wednesday night as a potent rainstorm was expected to swamp the Northern Rockies.
Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana.The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that traverses the park, crossing the Continental Divide through Logan Pass at an elevation of 6,646 feet (2,026 m), which is the highest point on the road. [3]
Glacier National Park officials have provided an update on the closure of Going-to-the-Sun Road, stating to will open through Logan Pass "no earlier than" July 13.
The pass is closed during the winter due to avalanche hazards and the virtual impossibility of keeping the Going-to-the-Sun Road open, yet is generally open from mid-to-late June until mid October. A record wind gust was recorded at Logan Pass on April 9, 2014, of 139 miles per hour. The pass was closed at that time.
The road is closed during the region's harsh winters and usually reopens in May. ... Montana: Going-to-the-Sun Road. Going-to-the-Sun Road is the route to take when visiting Glacier National Park ...
MT 49 south (Looking Glass Hill Road) – East Glacier: MT 49 closed in winter: St. Mary: 381.469: 613.915: Going-to-the-Sun Road – Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road closed in winter: Babb: 388.754: 625.639: S-464 south – Duck Lake 394.341: 634.630: MT 17 north (Chief Mountain Highway) – Waterton Lakes: Chief Mountain Border ...
The Sun Road's alpine section closed to vehicle traffic on Oct. 15. Keep up with construction updates by reading monthly Federal Highway Administration newsletters: https://highways.dot.gov ...
In 2011, due to 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. [2] That record was passed in 2022, when Going-to-the-Sun Road opened July 15, exactly 89 years since the road was dedicated.