2010 Going-to-the-Sun Highway/GNP Road Status Updates
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:01 pm
2010 Going-to-the-Sun Highway Opening Date
Excerpts from The Daily Interlake March 23 edition:
Glacier National Park road crews are starting spring snow plowing, and Going-to-the-Sun Road will not open over Logan Pass any earlier than June 18 because of construction that requires two-lane closures.
Mountain snowpack in Glacier is below average this year, but park officials stress that is not a good indicator of conditions that plow crews may encounter over the next few months in the push toward Logan Pass.
Plowing on Sun Road’s west side beyond Lake McDonald Lodge is scheduled to start April 1. The plowing will provide access for the park’s construction contractor to continue drainage and sub-base road rehabilitation along Upper McDonald Creek.
Crews started plowing in Apgar Village and on the Chief Mountain Road last week. Plowing on other east-side routes, such as the Two Medicine Road and the Many Glacier, will get under way next.
Because of the lack of snow this spring, Camas Road will be plowed beginning April 1. Snow on this road normally is allowed to melt out.
Information on current park road conditions is available on the park’s road status Web site, http://www.nps.gov/applications/glac/ro ... status.cfm. This page is updated as conditions change.
Travelers also may call park headquarters at 406-888-7800 for current road and weather conditions.
Excerpts from The Daily Interlake March 23 edition:
Glacier National Park road crews are starting spring snow plowing, and Going-to-the-Sun Road will not open over Logan Pass any earlier than June 18 because of construction that requires two-lane closures.
Mountain snowpack in Glacier is below average this year, but park officials stress that is not a good indicator of conditions that plow crews may encounter over the next few months in the push toward Logan Pass.
Plowing on Sun Road’s west side beyond Lake McDonald Lodge is scheduled to start April 1. The plowing will provide access for the park’s construction contractor to continue drainage and sub-base road rehabilitation along Upper McDonald Creek.
Crews started plowing in Apgar Village and on the Chief Mountain Road last week. Plowing on other east-side routes, such as the Two Medicine Road and the Many Glacier, will get under way next.
Because of the lack of snow this spring, Camas Road will be plowed beginning April 1. Snow on this road normally is allowed to melt out.
Information on current park road conditions is available on the park’s road status Web site, http://www.nps.gov/applications/glac/ro ... status.cfm. This page is updated as conditions change.
Travelers also may call park headquarters at 406-888-7800 for current road and weather conditions.