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Glacier Country: Going-to-the-Sun – Route Guide
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The Crown of the Continent, crossed by America's most spectacular 80 kilometres of asphalt: Going-to-the-Sun Road climbs past cedar lakes to Logan Pass, where mountain goats own the boardwalks and grizzlies own everything else. Historic red buses roll the route as they have since 1936. See the glaciers while the name still fits.
Glacier Country: Going-to-the-Sun is a 170 km one-way journey (self-drive). It works best as 2–4 days; the plan below is the 3-day version for July, built from 81 verified places, with real road-routed transit times, opening hours and daylight checked.
Plan your own version → 2-day plan · 3-day plan · 4-day plan · best time to go
The route
What you'll see
Choose your length
When to go
Best months: July, August, September
The full Going-to-the-Sun Road is normally open to through traffic in this window, but weather, rockfall, construction and congestion can still close or restrict it. Check the dated National Park Service road status before setting out.
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