#12 of 79 · mountain
Going-to-the-Sun Road
West Glacier, Montana → St. Mary
80 km · Jul – Sep · Moderate
Glacier’s one road across the range. Logan Pass, a wall of meltwater, and a park that still feels like the drawing they made in 1932.
Viewpoints
Logan Pass
2,025 m. Hidden Lake is a walk. The goats are not a surprise.
50 km
2,025 m
Weeping Wall
The mountain leaking on the windscreen. Eastbound you are under it.
42 km
1,700 m
Lake McDonald
The west end. Still water if you leave before the coaches.
10 km
960 m
- Road
- Opens late. Narrow, no trailers, cyclists at dawn. Snow at Logan into July some years. Vehicle-length limits are enforced.
- Permits
- Glacier National Park entry. Timed-entry reservation in peak season for the west side.
Tips
- 01
It opens when it opens
Not June. Often not early July. Check the park page, not last year’s blog.
- 02
West to east
The Garden Wall is in front of you. Reservations are the west-side problem.
From the road
2 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Sarah P.
Jul 2025
West Glacier at 6:10 with the reservation. Logan still had a cornice. Weeping Wall hit the roof. St. Mary by eleven, before the coaches turned it into a queue.
Cole M.
Jul 2024
The road opened 7 July that year. Anyone who tells you June is lying about a different season. Hidden Lake was still half frozen. Goats on the boardwalk.
