Glacier Park plows hit Red Rocks slide

Glacier National Park plow crews are now beyond the Avalanche Creek campground, working in the Red Rocks area on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Crews had a week of good weather to work in and the road is largely clear of ice and snow up to Avalanche Campground.

The road is gated at Lake McDonald Lodge, but hikers and bikers can go beyond that. While plow crews are working, there’s a closure about a half-mile before Avalanche, but there generally are no restrictions when crews aren’t plowing.

On the east side of Glacier, crews are working in the Many Glacier Valley, where they’re experiencing larger than normal drifts. The Many Glacier Road remains closed to motor vehicles.

The Camas Road is completely plowed, but isn’t open to vehicles yet, though hikers and bikers can travel the road.

In other Glacier Park news, Logan Pass had an extreme wind gust on April 9 of 139 mph. It breaks an old record gust of 133 mph set on Dec. 13, 2006. The gust was recorded by a remote sensor at the pass. No humans were up there at the time.

This weekend folks can get into Glacier for free in celebration of National Parks Week.