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Cyclists rule on Glacier’s Going to the Sun Road

A cyclist descends Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Sixty-seven percent of those polled said they’d go to another state on their vacation; 19 percent said they will travel outside the U.S. Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax (Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax / The Spokesman-Review)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
A cyclist descends Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Sixty-seven percent of those polled said they’d go to another state on their vacation; 19 percent said they will travel outside the U.S. Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax (Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax / The Spokesman-Review)
A cyclist descends Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Sixty-seven percent of those polled said they’d go to another state on their vacation; 19 percent said they will travel outside the U.S. Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax (Photo courtesy of Becky Lomax / The Spokesman-Review)

NATIONAL PARKS —  While road crews are still churning through 20-foot deep snow drifts toward Logan Pass in the upper sections of Glacier National Park’s Going to the Sun Road, bicyclists are having a great time riding the motor-vehicle-free lower reaches of the fabled park road.

Park officials say they still can’t predict when the road will be opened over Logan Pass for vehicles.

Meantime, cyclists rule!

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog