Going-to-the-Sun Road
An approximately 80 km road that crosses Glacier National Park by Lake McDonald and Logan Pass, carved into rock walls. The high section opens only in summer.
Montana · the United States
In the destination Glacier (United States) — Whitefish; West Glacier.
In the photo: Arrival at West Glacier among mountains
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The city
Small village at the west entrance of Glacier National Park, on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, offering services for park visitors, a train station and rafting companies. A few minutes away are Apgar and Lake McDonald, where the Going-to-the-Sun Road begins.
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The local experience
An approximately 80 km road that crosses Glacier National Park by Lake McDonald and Logan Pass, carved into rock walls. The high section opens only in summer.
The park’s largest lake, a few minutes from the west entrance, with colorful stones on the bottom and shoreline and mountains in the background.
The highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, on the Continental Divide at 2,026 meters, with trails to the Hidden Lake overlook and the Highline.
A valley on the east side of Glacier, with lakes at the base of steep walls and trails to Grinnell Glacier and Iceberg Lake.