Going to the Sun HighwayGoing to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park, MontanaJuly 14, 2007. We are staying North American RV-Park in Coram, Montana a few miles west of the west gate to Glacier National Park: $37 FHU with wifi and UNLEVEL sites. It is one of the best RV-Parks in the area but a cheaper one ($25) is located one block west of the light in Hungry Horse. Hungry Horse is only a few miles west of Coram and the North American RV-Park. Next time we will stay there where there is SHADE and free wifi.
View from Going to the Sun Highway
One can't help but be impressed with sights like this. Of course one has to wonder at the size of the glacier that carved this scenery.
6% grade forever on Going to the Sun Highway
We have been climbing a 6% grade for more than 10-miles and we probably have that many more to go.
Mid-July snow on Going to the Sun Highway
Note that snow is still clinging to the side of the mountain at this altitude and we are in mid-July.
Going to the Sun road cut scar near Logan Pass
The horizontal cut across this picture is the Going to the Sun Highway road cut while the cut above it, that climbs to the tree line, is one of the parks hiking trails. If you are wondering this view is a few miles west of Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Highway.
Nearing Logan Pass in Glacier National Park
This is glacial melt near Logan Pass, that will flow to the Flat Head River, then Columbia River before eventually making it back to the Pacific Ocean.
Snow near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park
As we near the summit of Going to the Sun Highway at Logan Pass snow along the highway is becoming common.
Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Highway Glacier National Park Montana
Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Highway Glacier National Park in Montana.
Going to the Sun Highway Glacier National Park
The cut you see across this mountain is a hiking trail. Every day, during the summer, adventuresome people hike along this trail. The Going to the Sun Highway is more or less parallel to that hiking trail but is just out of sight at the bottom of the picture.
This is NOT a comforting sign on Going to the Sun Highway Glacier National Park
This is comforting to know. I guess it is just to let you know you are very close to those vertical road cuts.
Blind corner on Going to the Sun Highway
You just have to love blind corners like this one. Thankfully, there are NO large vehicles on this road.
Going to the Sun Highway
If you have never driven over Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park this picture will give you a good idea how about 10-miles on the west side of the pass will look.
Going to the Sun Highway road cut in Glacier National Park
This is more of the same. Road builders didn't remove anymore rock than necessary.
Weeping wall along Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park
This is more of that weeping wall where water was oozing out along several hundred yards of this road cut.
Going to the Sun Highway road cut
This should be close enough for anyone.
Going to the Sun Highway Glacier National Park
By the time we have been to the top of Logan Pass and returned neither one of us can remember where this tunnel was but it was near the bottom of the 33-mile drive from the West Gate of Glacier National Park to Logan Pass located on the Continental Divide.
I hope you enjoyed this ride with us on Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park.
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