Sun Road hiker-biker access opens to the Loop
A bike rests on a snow pile at the loop on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. (JP Edge/Hungry Horse News)
Hikers and bikers in Glacier National park can go as far as the Loop this weekend on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The hiker-biker closure will be brought back down to the Avalanche are on Monday when crews start plowing the scenic road again.
Plows have made it to Grizzly Point, which is beyond the Loop, but the upper road is closed to public entry due to avalanche danger, park officials said.
The road is closed to vehicles at the Lake McDonald Lodge.
On the east side, the Sun Road has no hiking restrictions beyond the gate at Rising Sun, though it is closed to biking because of ice.
Plows were still working in the Many Glacier area. The Two Medicine Road is open to hikers and bikers, but closed at the park boundary to vehicles. Many Glacier Road is open to hikers and bikers, but not to vehicles, too.
The Camas Road is only open to hikers and bikers.
Saturday is calling for a chance of rain, but Sunday is expected to be sunny with a high of 58 in West Glacier.