Most snow in 30 years means it could be months before plowing is finished -- allowing access to "Going-to-the-Sun Road."
Link here. May 4, 2020.
Thanks to the most snow in 30 years it could be months before Glacier National Park’s famed Going-to-the-Sun Road is fully cleared by plowing and open to traffic.
As plows move up the road, avalanche forecasters and technicians are monitoring the snowpack for possible avalanches to provide for crew safety and are warning visitors hiking or biking up the historic roadway to be alert to the possibility of avalanches, which are common in spring during periods of intense or prolonged warmups.
Snow crews reach Logan Pass June 12, 2020, eighteen days later (May 25, 2019), than they did last year. Reaching Logan Pass
- this year, 2020: June 12
- 2019: May 25
- 2018: June 22
- 2017: June 28
The plow crews clearing Glacier National Park have reached Logan Pass and are starting to clear the Big Drift, an area in northern Montana where massive amounts of snow accumulate, officials said.
The stretch of Going-to-the-Sun road is often buried under 80-feet of snow and is the biggest challenge of the months-long clearing operation.
