Winter Storm Warning Shuts Down Part of Going-To-The-Sun Road

Going-to-the-Sun Road closure due to snow at Glacier National Park

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. – Glacier National Park (GNP) has announced a temporary road closure of the alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road, due to heavy rain and predicted snowfall.

Winter Storm Warning shuts down part of Going-To-The-Sun Road

The alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road will be closing at 8 p.m. on Friday due to heavy rain and predicted snow.

Glacier National Park temporarily closing alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road

Glacier National Park has announced that the alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road will be closing at 8 p.m. on Friday due to heavy rain and predicted snow.The road will be closed between Avalanche and Jackson Glacier Overlook.The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 2 a.m. Saturday until 12 p.m. Sunday.Heavy, wet snow is expected above 5,000 feet of elevation with a "high chance of 5 to 12 inches of snow above 6,00…

Winter Storm Warning and 24" of Snow to Potentially Close 6,646' Going-to-the-Sun Road, in Glacier National Park, MT - SnowBrains

Stock image of a snowplow. Glacier National Park, Montana, officials are preparing to temporarily close the alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road this weekend as a potent weather system threatens to bring heavy rainfall and significant snow to the region on the first day of summer. The closure, if enacted, will affect the stretch between Avalanche and Rising Sun, a move prompted by forecasts of hazardous road conditions and heightened safety …