On 2013-01-10 09:03:11 -0600, SMS said:

On 1/1/2013 8:14 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2007-05-31 12:09:47 -0500, Judy Heuman said:

If they say the road isn't open, believe them! Last year, we arrived
in Glacier NP in mid-June -- the road was open as far as the lodge.
After that, completely closed because of rock and mud slides and snow
accumulation. We drove in and out on the same road. Since we were
going to the other side, we had to drive around 200 miles to the south
and around -- very inconvenient. If we had realized the road would
not be open in mid-June, we would have changed our route completely.

Judy

I experienced the same problem when I visited last year. I really
wanted to drive this famous route. Fortunately, the trip around the
south of the park to the eastern entrance was also spectacular. So if
anyone else is in this situation, bear this in mind. It makes for a
longer day, sure, but it is a good day.

That's a shame as that route is spectacular, with excellent hiking
along it. The amount of time before they will need to change the name
of the park to No Glaciers National Park is probably is not a lot,
years, not decades, so anyone that hasn't been there yet should go as
soon as possible.

Right, I suppose it was named back when there were more glaciers. I
saw one small glacier at the lookout spot at the end of the dayhike
from Logan Pass. A beautiful hike!

If you're into glaciers, Norway is the place for you. There are
several glaciers you can approach quite closely, and many more you can
see from the road, just driving around. The Southern Alps in New
Zealand also has Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, where you can walk to
the face of the glaciers. Very cool!

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