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You can keep track of progress on the highway and other roads in GNP here:

http://home.nps.gov/applications/glac/g ... status.cfm

Be sure to check out the photos - there are some really good shots.

They are reporting more snow than they have seen in 14 years...

Bump - the link in the previous post quit working...

http://www.nps.gov/applications/glac/ro ... status.cfm

They have announced that the road will be open on Wednesday, July 13. It should be really neat up there - check out the plowing photos...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaciernps

Amazing photos Fred, thanks for posting them. Has the road ever opened later than the 13th?

I can't find an opening date history. The Pass typically opens around June 15.

I suspect that opening dates have generally become earlier as the type of equipment used to clear the road has improved, so comparisons might not be totally "fair" anyway.

I did read one article which claimed that this year they have encountered the most snow ever since they started plowing the road.

I've recently seen a report on the earliest opening date and the latest opening date, but I can't remember where I found it. If I can find it again I'll post it on here.

I found the information - this is the latest recorded opening since the inaugural opening of July 15, 1933. The previous latest opening since that was July 10, 1943, and that was because of a lack of personnel due to the war.

Thanks for the follow-up Fred.
This is proving to be a benchmark year in many areas of the West and it's starting to screw up my scheduling. Just cancelled my 2nd trip this summer because of it, #*%@!!