Posted on 09/07/2015 10:52:37 AM PDT by george76
Glacier National Park, the top of Logan Pass has been temporarily shut down again, this time because of snow.
Glacier announced over the weekend that a section of the Going-to-the-Sun Road between Big Bend on the west side and Jackson Glacier Overlook on the east side is temporarily closed because of winter weather conditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at ravallirepublic.com ...
That’s a scary road in GOOD weather!
I drove up the Going-To-The-Sun-Highway once.
Ended up in Canada.
Who knew Canada was the sun?
You got that right. Ten years ago the wife and I were in the park driving down the road leading up to the mountain. We saw some things glinting in the sun on the mountain. We said to ourselves that couldn't be cars...there's no way cars could be up that high. We wuz wrong!!! It was cars.
We made it over successfully, but it was hairy. I was driving and one time I asked my wife to describe some of the scenery. She couldn't do it...she was looking straight ahead and too scared to look out the side window.
But we’re in the beginning of the most recent warmest month EVER.
(June was put out as being warmest ever, then July, August. Waiting on September being listed as such.)
Incredible drive, another great legacy of the new deal.
Pfft!
I have a picture of my father, taken on the 5th day of August, 1984, forming a snow ball to throw at me, at the top of the Highway.
It was a sweltering 72 degrees, but the snow was still there and wasn't melting much, either.
According to some of the old timers around the area, tweren't no big deal.
I went through Rabbit Ears Pass on the 11th of June, 1983...it snowed 4 inches and the temp went to 18 degrees.
Nobody thought it was very unusual.
Global warming is to be blamed.
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