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Opening Day of Going-to-the-Sun Road 2026

The full length of Glacier National Park's famed Going-to-the-Sun Road opened to vehicle traffic for the season on June 22, 2026. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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Visitors take in the scenery from a Glacier Red Bus along Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Vehicles line up at the West Entrance of Glacier National Park on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
“BEAR” drawn on the side of a dusty vehicle along Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Congestion in The Loop parking area along Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Traffic passes through the West Tunnel of Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors mill about the Paradise Meadow parking area of Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A sign warning visitors of a hazardous snow bank along Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Uprooted trees caught in an old avalanche slide along Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Pollock Mountain and Cataract Mountain as viewed from the Piegan Pass Trail on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A few of Glacier’s Red Buses parked at Logan Pass on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Mount Jackson as viewed from the Piegan Pass Trail on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors view a waterfall along the Weeping Wall stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Mount Siyeh as viewed from near Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Cataract Mountain and the Garden Wall as viewed from a ridge above the Piegan Pass Trail on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Hooker’s mountain-avens blooms along the Piegan Pass Trail on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and the East Tunnel as viewed from Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors fill up the Logan Pass parking lot on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors hike over snowfields covering the Hidden Lake Trail on Logan Pass on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors hike over snowfields covering the Hidden Lake Trail on Logan Pass on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Trail construction materials stockpiled along the Hidden Lake Trail on Logan Pass on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors walk around the Hidden Lake Trailhead on Logan Pass on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Clements Mountain as viewed from Going-to-the-Sun Road on June 22, 2026. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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