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Distinctly Montana Spring 2013

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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. 14 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

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