Sun Road opens for the summer in Glacier Park
Hikers travel along the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road fully reopened for the 2021 visitor season on Friday morning. Motorists now can travel the road all the way through the park between the West Glacier and St. Mary entrances.
With the road fully reopened, park officials said they would further increase the number of tickets available under the park's new entry reservation system. Tickets are required to access the Sun Road via the Camas Road and the West Glacier and St. Mary entrances between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily through Sept. 6. They can be purchased for $2 apiece at recreation.gov, where batches of tickets are made available at 8 a.m. Mountain time each day.
In a news release, park officials said visitors "should expect long lines and delays" if entering the park at 5 p.m. when the reservation system is no longer in effect.
Reservation tickets are not required elsewhere in the park, though visitors will still need a standard per-vehicle park pass.
"These areas are congested, and visitors can expect traffic restrictions by mid-morning," park officials said.