Glacier National Park, Montana….A Bicycle Ride For The Ages!

When I was a teenager riding my bicycle across the country I decided not to ride the Going To The Sun Highway in Montana and stay a bit north of the Canadian border. I have regretted that decision and promised myself that someday I would be back. Today is the day!

On a chilly 35 degree morning we were ready to warm ourselves up riding up the 18 mile hill called Going To The Sun Highway in Glacier NP.

Glad we brought the “skull caps” with us as the ears were just a wee bit cold.

The first 8 miles were not very steep but boy was the scenery grand!

We did pull over at a few scenic overlooks to take pictures (not to rest mind you)

This was the only tunnel on the eastern part of the highway. We could not figure out why they simply didn’t blow the rock away instead of burrowing out this short tunnel. Very cool to ride through tough..

A lifelong dream of cycling to the top of Logan Pass on Going To The Sun Highway has been realized..

Looking down the road due west from the summit. The western segment had been closed for the summer due to wild fires burning near by. It did reopen the day we cycled up but we will save that ride for our next visit to Glacier NP.

Notice the skinny tree stuck in the road. At first we thought it was a prankster or something but as we kept seeing them we figured the park put them there to help guide cars up or down the very steep and winding highway.

More views of Glacier National Park:

2 Replies to “Glacier National Park, Montana….A Bicycle Ride For The Ages!”

Looks like you had generally clear skies. Sweet. And the weather is about to change there, glad you fit it in. It took us 2 tries going to Glacier
just to be able to drive Going-to-the-Sun.

Looks Like you guys might have had some interesting sky scenery as well.

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