Conditions change by the hour at elevation — always check the agency's own status page before you drive.
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Logan Pass
Elev 6,646 ft

Going-to-the-Sun Road

Glacier National Park, Montana

The most-watched seasonal road in America. Plows start up the west side in early April, the famous Big Drift at Logan Pass goes last, and the full-open date has landed everywhere from May 16 to July 15 across nine decades of records.

This year

Live plow-season reports load here. For today's conditions, go straight to Glacier NP's status page.

Conditions change by the hour at 6,646 feet — check Glacier NP's status page before you drive.

Usually open by
June 12
median of 94 years
Earliest ever
May 16
1987
Latest ever
July 15
1933
Usually closes
October 21
median of 71 years
The opening record, 1933–2026 One gate per year at the date the road fully opened — taller gates are dates that repeated. The orange gate is the median: June 12.
May Jun Jul Opened May 16 — 1987 Opened May 22 — 2005 Opened May 23 — 1958, 1992 Opened May 24 — 1980 Opened May 25 — 1988 Opened May 27 — 4 years (1939–2000) Opened May 28 — 1940, 1941, 1966 Opened May 29 — 1998 Opened May 30 — 7 years (1949–2004) Opened May 31 — 1986 Opened June 1 — 5 years (1934–1985) Opened June 2 — 1994 Opened June 4 — 1993 Opened June 5 — 1981, 1983 Opened June 6 — 1944, 1965 Opened June 7 — 4 years (1960–2001) Opened June 8 — 1972, 1979 Opened June 9 — 1951, 1971, 1989 Opened June 10 — 1970 Opened June 11 — 4 years (1936–1948) Opened June 12 — 1937, 1959, 1967 Opened June 13 — 1935, 1978, 2023 Opened June 14 — 1942, 1984 Opened June 15 — 5 years (1945–1955) Opened June 16 — 1999, 2016, 2025 Opened June 17 — 1975 Opened June 18 — 1982, 1990, 1997 Opened June 19 — 1974, 2012, 2015 Opened June 21 — 1996, 2013 Opened June 22 — 4 years (2018–2026) Opened June 23 — 1991, 1995, 2006 Opened June 24 — 1953, 2010 Opened June 25 — 2021 Opened June 26 — 2009 Opened June 28 — 2002, 2017 Opened June 30 — 1964 Opened July 1 — 2007 Opened July 2 — 2008, 2014 Opened July 10 — 1943 Opened July 13 — 2011, 2020, 2022 Opened July 15 — 1933 Median opening: June 12 across 94 years Median · June 12 Earliest · May 16, 1987 Latest · July 15, 1933

Most years the road is fully open by late June; big snow years push it into mid-July. Closes with the first lasting storm, usually the third week of October. The winter closure covers the alpine section over Logan Pass, between Lake McDonald Lodge and Rising Sun.

Will it be open for your trip?

If your dates start…The road was already open inThat's
June 127 of 94 years 29%
June 1560 of 94 years 64%
July 187 of 94 years 93%
July 1594 of 94 years 100%

Odds come from the full record below — past springs, not a promise about this one.

Every year on record

Year Opened Closed Notes
2026 June 22 —
2025 June 16 —
2024 June 22 —
2023 June 13 — Earliest opening since 2005.
2022 July 13 October 16 Heavy avalanche year; west-side rehabilitation work through fall.
2021 June 25 October 13
2020 July 13 October 9 Opening delayed by the COVID-19 park closure.
2019 June 22 September 25
2018 June 22 September 29
2017 June 28 September 3 Sprague Fire closed the west side in early September.
2016 June 16 October 10
2015 June 19 October 5 West side opened June 10; east-side rehabilitation work that fall.
2014 July 2 September 22 East-side rehabilitation closure; west side stayed open through October 20.
2013 June 21 September 23 East side opened June 15; full opening waited on work and late snowstorms.
2012 June 19 September 16 West-side closure for road rehabilitation.
2011 July 13 September 17 Exceptional snowpack — the latest opening since 1943.
2010 June 24 October 18
2009 June 26 October 19
2008 July 2 October 20
2007 July 1 September 16
2006 June 23 October 23
2005 May 22 October 31
2004 May 30 October 18
2003 May 30 October 28
2002 June 28 October 28
2001 June 7 October 22
2000 May 27 October 16
1999 June 16 October 15
1998 May 29 October 19
1997 June 18 October 21
1996 June 21 October 14
1995 June 23 October 16 Closed by a rockslide two days after opening; reopened June 26.
1994 June 2 October 17
1993 June 4 October 18
1992 May 23 October 19 Closed on the pre-set third Monday of October.
1991 June 23 October 24 Avalanche damage delayed the opening.
1990 June 18 October 4
1989 June 9 November 3
1988 May 25 November 4
1987 May 16 November 16 Earliest opening on record.
1986 May 31 November 6
1985 June 1 October 15
1984 June 14 October 17
1983 June 5 November 6
1982 June 18 October 29
1981 June 5 November 12
1980 May 24 November 3 Closed again the next day; reopened June 6.
1979 June 8 October 22
1978 June 13 October 30
1977 May 27 October 26
1976 May 30 October 26
1975 June 17 October 22
1974 June 19 November 8
1973 June 1 October 29
1972 June 8 October 24
1971 June 9 October 19
1970 June 10 October 13
1969 May 30 October 7
1968 June 7 October 11
1967 June 12 October 22
1966 May 28 October 21
1965 June 6 November 12
1964 June 30 October 28 The June 1964 flood closed the park; the road opened June 30.
1963 May 30 October 24
1962 June 1 November 5
1961 June 7 October 21
1960 June 7 October 28
1959 June 12 October 22
1958 May 23 November 3
1957 May 27 October 18
1956 June 1 October 21
1955 June 15 October 22
1954 June 15 November 10
1953 June 24 October 30
1952 May 30 November 21
1951 June 9 —
1950 June 15 —
1949 May 30 —
1948 June 11 —
1947 June 15 —
1946 June 11 —
1945 June 15 —
1944 June 6 —
1943 July 10 — Late opening with wartime staffing.
1942 June 14 —
1941 May 28 —
1940 May 28 —
1939 May 27 —
1938 June 11 —
1937 June 12 —
1936 June 11 —
1935 June 13 —
1934 June 1 —
1933 July 15 — The road's dedication summer.

Record drawn from NPS: Logan Pass opening and closing dates · NPS news release: 2023 opening · NPS news release: 2024 opening · NPS news release: 2025 opening · NPS news release: 2026 opening . Last checked August 14, 2026.