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Plowing Begins on โ€˜Going to the Sun Roadโ€™ in Glacier National Park, MT

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The annual task of clearing one of Americaโ€™s most scenic by-ways, Going to the Sun Road, has begun. The road, which serves as the only pathway through Montanaโ€™s Glacier National Park, crosses over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass and tops out at 6,646 feet above sea level. It has long been considered one of the nationโ€™s most beautiful roads, with [โ€ฆ]

Matt Scribner | April 25, 2023
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Snow Plow Crews Have Reached Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, MT

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Snow-plow crews at Glacier National Park, MT finally reached Logan Pass Saturday morning, a long-awaited milestone in the prolonged spring plowing season to clear the parkโ€™s renowned Going-to-the-Sun Road. โ€œThe plows have reached Logan Pass,โ€ stated a social media post from the park Saturday. โ€œ[F]rom our Logan Pass Parking Lot, you can see where the plows ha[ve] made an initial [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 31, 2019
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Brain Post: Glacier National Parkโ€™s โ€œGoing to The Sun Roadโ€ Plowing Operations

The Going to The Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park and provides the only motorized access to Logan Pass continental divide.  The road opened in 1932 after 11 years of carving 50 miles of roadway into the sides of the surrounding peaks. The road cost $2.5 million dollars to complete and recently received $27.6 million [โ€ฆ]

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Kyler Roush | June 5, 2013
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