Final days of plowing under way in Glacier

The Daily Inter Lake

Glacier Park workers are tackling the final snow-removal tasks on Going-to-the-Sun Road

Glacier National Park plow crews have cut a one-lane path through the Big Drift near Logan Pass, while cleanup efforts continue on other parts of Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Widening the road for visitor traffic will continue for the next couple days in the area of the Big Drift, which was 50 feet deep this year, Glacier Interpretation Chief Dave Dahlen said Monday afternoon.

The Logan Pass Visitor Center parking lot is about 75 percent cleared of snow, and crews are concentrating their cleanup efforts on the stretch between Logan Pass and the Big Bend.

Last year brought one of the earliest openings of Sun Road at Logan Pass - May 22 - mainly because of snowpack at high elevations was far below average.

This year, the snowpack exceeded the historic average and park road crews have been sidetracked by maintenance demands on the road that included a blocked culvert that caused over-the-road flooding below the West Side Tunnel.