Going-to-the-Sun Road
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Oct 30, 2026
Robert W. Sullivan IVGUEST
He's driving on the road to the overlook.
Robert W. Sullivan IVGUEST
That road that he's driving on is actually called the Going to the Sun Road, and it was built in 1921, and that's exactly where the movie ends.
Robert W. Sullivan IVGUEST
It ends in 1921 with the photo on the wall.
Robert W. Sullivan IVGUEST
uh...
Dennis BraggHOST
I'm Dennis Bragg.
Dennis BraggHOST
Glacier National Park is on the verge of breaking its all-time annual visitation record, and given going to the Sun Road remained open for most of October, it's looking like that may happen, marking a significant development heading into a summer when high gas prices and extra charges for international travelers look like it would throttle summer traffic.
Dennis BraggHOST
Following a September that drew over 643,000 visitors, a 16% jump from last year, Park officials report this week preliminary numbers for 2026 have now surpassed 3.29 million.
Dennis BraggHOST
That leaves the park just over 10,000 visits shy of the record set back in 2017.
Dennis BraggHOST
In recent years, October visitation has consistently topped 100,000 even in the pandemic year of 2020.
Dennis BraggHOST
Park officials credit the surge largely to the return of full access at Mini Glacier alongside traffic changes that replaced the vehicle reservation system with a shuttle system and time parking up at Logan Pass.
Dennis BraggHOST
While the Alpine stretch of the Going to the Sun Road closed for the season on October 19th, both the West and St. Mary entrances remain open year-round.
Dennis BraggHOST
Montana Attorney General Austin Knutson says he's tired of waiting for General Motors to respond to the state's request to quit selling vehicle data from its OnStar systems to third parties.
JeffHOST
And so I'll just talk about a couple of the scenes that I particularly love and appreciate.
JeffHOST
One is the opening overhead tracking shots as they're driving the Sun Road into Glacier National Park.
JeffHOST
It is so beautiful.
JeffHOST
The nature is so stunning and so beautiful and so wild and kind of untouched except for that road.
OdinUNKNOWN
What's it called?
EricaHOST
It's called the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
EricaHOST
It opens as early as May and as late as July, and it shuts the first time it really snows.
EricaHOST
We're spending two nights on the wet side, then we cross over and sleep on the dry side.
5 MINS LATER
EricaHOST
So this morning, you can see everything, and today is the day we're driving up and over Logan Pass.
EricaHOST
So everybody buckle up.
EricaHOST
Okay, we're climbing up over Going-to-the-Sun Road now, and words can hardly do justice to these views.
EricaHOST
See how the valley is shaped like a U, round at the bottom with walls going straight up? A river cuts a V-shaped valley, but only a glacier cuts a U shape.
Aaron FlintGUEST
I'd, I'd get deployed to, uh, Ramadi, Iraq.
Aaron FlintGUEST
Twenty years ago, I came back from Ramadi, Iraq, and the first place I went was the top of the Going-to-the-Sun in Glacier National Park because you've been in-- when you've been in the worst place in the world, you wanna come back to the best place in the world.
Aaron FlintGUEST
But I was really blessed.
Aaron FlintGUEST
That's right.
JoshHOST
Okay
SarahHOST
... over the Going-to-the-Sun Road, you'll exit through the gate, and it'll be on your right-hand side.
JoshHOST
Right on.
JoshHOST
Yeah, pretty easy to find, like she said.
Brenda CareyHOST
When life doesn't unfold the way you expected.
Brenda CareyHOST
Driving along the winding Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on a cool and cloudy morning, I was excited to once again see the iconic mountain views of the Northern Rocky Mountains.
Brenda CareyHOST
I had been there twice before, and despite the ever-growing crowds of people, the mountains called me back yet again.
Brenda CareyHOST
Going-to-the-Sun Road is narrow, built in the 1920s and early '30s when cars were much smaller and crowds were much thinner.
Brenda CareyHOST
The road was carved, actually blasted, into the side of the mountains as it climbs toward the summit called Logan Pass.
Brenda CareyHOST
Driving it is one of the highlights of visiting Glacier National Park in northern Montana.
Brenda CareyHOST
I would be heading home later that day, and the forecast didn't look much different.
Brenda CareyHOST
But I felt a stirring inside of me.
Dennis BraggHOST
The Beartooth Highway will be closed for the season at two thirty this afternoon, which is five days ahead of schedule.
Dennis BraggHOST
While Glacier National Park was still showing the Going-to-the-Sun Road open yesterday evening, we are expecting the park could close the road later today, and that would likely be the end of that season there.
Dennis BraggHOST
So double-check before you plan on heading that way.
Dennis BraggHOST
Montana's diesel vehicle owners are being warned to not follow the advice from Washington to simply go ahead and use red-dyed diesel in their trucks, at least not unless they want to face a fine that will cost a lot more than any gas savings.
37 MINS LATER
Dennis BraggHOST
The incoming weather means an end to high country sightseeing as well.
Dennis BraggHOST
The Beartooth Highway will be closed for the season at two thirty this afternoon, which is five days ahead of schedule.
Dennis BraggHOST
While Glacier National Park was still showing the Going-to-the-Sun Road open yesterday evening, we are expecting the park could close the road later today, and that would likely be the end of that season there.
Dennis BraggHOST
So double-check before you plan on heading that way.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
The Beartooth Highway will be closed for the season at two thirty this afternoon, which is five days ahead of schedule.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
While Glacier National Park was still showing the Going-to-the-Sun Road open yesterday evening, we are expecting the park could close the road later today, and that would likely be the end of that season there.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
So double-check before you plan on heading that way.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
Montana's diesel vehicle owners are being warned to not follow the advice from Washington to simply go ahead and use red dyed diesel in their trucks, at least not unless they want to face a fine that will cost a lot more than any gas savings.
37 MINS LATER
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
The incoming weather means an end to high country sightseeing as well.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
The Beartooth Highway will be closed for the season at two thirty this afternoon, which is five days ahead of schedule.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
While Glacier National Park was still showing the Going-to-the-Sun Road open yesterday evening, we are expecting the park could close the road later today, and that would likely be the end of that season there.
Dennis BraggCORRESPONDENT
So double-check before you plan on heading that way.
Dennis BragaCORRESPONDENT
The Beartooth Highway will be closed for the season at 2:30 this afternoon, which is five days ahead of schedule.
Dennis BragaCORRESPONDENT
While Glacier National Park was still showing the Going-to-the-Sun Road open yesterday evening, we are expecting the park could close the road later today, and that would likely be the end of that season there.
Dennis BragaCORRESPONDENT
So double-check before you plan on heading that way.
Dennis BragaCORRESPONDENT
The Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office and Fort Peck Tribal Law Enforcement continuing to investigate an apparent shooting in Poplar on Wednesday night.
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