'This is white knuckle territory:' road crews make progress on plowing Going-to-the-Sun Road
Heavy machinery is used to clear snow from the Haystack Creek areas of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Taylor Inman/Daily Inter Lake)
Bare pavement is revealed as plows work to clear Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Taylor Inman/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier National Park Engineering Equipment Operator Herb Ferguson and Road Supervisor Brian Paul stand along Going-to-the-Sun Road on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Taylor Inman/Daily Inter Lake)
An official with Glacier National Park walks along Going-to-the-Sun Road near Haystack Creek on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Taylor Inman/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews work near Haystack Creek in Glacier National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023. (Taylor Inman/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier National Park road crews carefully maneuver large machinery just feet away from the cliff’s edge as they push plows closer to Haystack Creek on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
It’s “white knuckle territory,” said James Foster, the park’s maintenance head, but any wrong move while plowing the scenic mountain road could be life threatening...
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