Moving compressor across
snow slide, 50 feet deep
and 1,000 feet wide, south
gulch- Haystack Butte,
Going to the Sun Road,
July 7, 1927, unknown
photographer.
Fordson caterpillar tractor
hauling supplies on Mt. Cannon
section of Going to the Sun
Road to construction Camp
#1, 1926. Image provided by
Bureau of Public Roads.
Fast Facts
Road length: 50 miles from
West Glacier to St. Mary.
Road width: 22 feet, except for 10 miles
along the Garden Wall, which are narrower.
Eight bridges at Belton, Snyder Creek, Ava-
lanche Creek, Logan Creek, Haystack Creek,
Baring Creek, St. Mary River, and Siyeh Creek.
30,000 linear feet of pipe and boxed drainage
culverts faced with native stone.
Retaining walls of native stone, most nota-
bly the Triple Arches and the Golden Stairs.
40,000 feet of historic native stone guard rails.
Road opens 6-21-13. For updates, see FAQ at
www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/
Sources
Glacier National Park, Legends and Lore,
Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road
by C.W. Guthrie,
Farcountry Press, Helena, 2002.
Going-to-the-Sun Road,
Glacier National Park���s Highway to the Sky
by C.W. Guthrie,
Farcountry Press, Helena, 2006.
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Power shovel working its way through snow toward tunnel on the Going to the Sun Road, April 10, 1927.
Much shoveling of snow necessary across slides (photo from progress report), unknown photographer.
D I ST I NCT LY M ONTANA ��� SPRI NG 2013
