Glacier National Park reminds folks that Sun Road resos are required starting Friday. Many Glacier and Kintla Lake Roads now open

Vehicle reservations are required to access Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork area of the park beginning Friday, May 27.

The road is now open to Avalanche Creek on the west side to vehicles. Hiker-biker access is to Logan Creek when crews are working and The Loop when they’re not. The Many Glacier, Two Medicine, Bowman and Kintla lake roads and the Camas Road are all open.

The Cut Bank Road remains closed.

On the east side, the hiker/biker closure is at the Grizzly Comfort Station, approximately 6 miles past Rising Sun, when the road crew is working and at Jackson Glacier Overlook due to avalanche danger, approximately 1 mile further.

West Side plow crews have gotten down to pavement up to Triple Arches and have pioneered through Triple Arches. Snow depths are up to 30 feet. Avalanche danger continues to be a concern.

East Side crews have plowed to Siyeh Bend.

Reservations are required for access through Sept. 11. A vehicle reservation is only needed from the east side of the Sun Road at Rising Sun when the road is fully open for the season. Visitors can access the community of Polebridge without a vehicle reservation as it lies just outside the entrance station to the park.

Vehicle reservations are needed to access the Sun Road corridor from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the West Glacier Entrance, Camas Entrance and Rising Sun checkpoint, which is located 6 miles west of the St. Mary Entrance.

The Sun Road will not fully open to Logan Pass before June 27, park officials announced last week.

To access the North Fork area of the park, reservations are required between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Visitors with service reservations — lodging, camping, commercial tours — along the Sun Road corridor and in the North Fork area of the park do not need a vehicle reservation. Valid service reservations will serve as a vehicle reservation for the day of the service reservation.

Advanced reservations are exclusively available on Recreation.gov. Visitors will not be able to obtain a reservation at the park. Starting May 26, 24-hour advanced reservations will be released at 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time the day before the effective date on Recreation.gov.

All 120-day advanced vehicle reservations for the 2022 season have been released.

Reservations are not required for any other portions of the park at Many Glacier, Two Medicine, St. Mary or Chief Mountain Highway, but visitors are still subject to the per vehicle entrance pass fee.

This year, visitors will not be able to access the west side of the park on the Sun Road prior to 6 a.m. due to utility work along Lake McDonald beginning on June 1. There will be nightly closures between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. from the foot of Lake McDonald to just west of the Sprague Creek Campground.

Vehicles will have one opportunity at midnight to be piloted through the nightly closures. During the day, traffic lights will control a single lane through the construction area.

For more information on the Sun Road status, vehicle reservations and construction updates, visit the park’s website at https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm