Day 16 Grand Rapids to Glacier Nat'l. Park and Waterton, AB, CA

In upper Montana, there's open range, so restricted access highways are protected by cattle grids.  We are passing through Blackfoot Country headed toward St Mary's entrance on the east side of  Glacier Park.

Headed into West Glacier.   Ranger said it is this windy often.  We estimate 50 mph

St Mary Lake at West Glacier.  

We found road construction here too.  Traffic took turns one way.

Logan Pass  here was the end of the road from East Glacier entrance.  We had planned to drive the scenic road "Into the Sun Highway", but the high pass in the middle of the park was closed.  

Tomorrow we circle around outside the park and do west end of "Into the Sun Highway". 

Spectacular scenery at Logan Pass Station where we turned around. 

Waiting our turn to go back through the road construction area, we saw this guy.  He paid us no attention.

The goat jumped the fence and went down here.

We waited about 20 minutes.

For this construction line.

Most of the snow on the mountains actually fell last week, but here's the glacier.  Beth found it.

Scenic stops on the way out

Scenic farmland on the way to Waterton AB

It's getting dark as we approach Waterton.

Beth's postscript

As we approached Glacier,  we could see the mountains miles ahead.  Each turn in the road brought them closer. The views of the mountains were gorgeous; it was like a picture postcard.  We had been warned that the road was closed by some other travellers, so we knew what to expect.  

When we crossed over into Canada, we drove north of the mountains, then drove south again.  If possible, a more spectacular approach.  Waterton Village is a quaint little place with a few gift shops, restaurants, inns and motels, and private cabins.