Glacier could see a foot or more of snow next week; but pleasant weather this weekend, as Sun Road will be open to hikers and bikers beyond the Loop

Glacier National Park could see a pretty good spring snowstorm next Tuesday into Wednesday, the National Weather Service is warning, and the higher elevations could see a foot to two feet of snow. Highs will only be in the 30s to low 40s in the valleys. Valleys could even see a half-inch to inch of slushy snow.

But before that, the weekend is expected to be largely pleasant, with highs in the 50s and 60s depending on terrain.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to hikers and bikers now and is snow-free at lower elevations. On Thursday, the Park Service said the “hard” closure this weekend on the west side is at Swede Point, which is about 1.5 miles above the Loop.

There is no hard closure on the east side of the Sun Road, though hikers and bikers can expect to hit snow at some point.

The east side is open to Rising Sun to motor vehicles, the west side to Lake McDonald Lodge.

Other east side roads like Two Medicine and Many Glacier are plowed into the valleys, but not open to vehicles. They are open to hikers.

The Camas Road is now open to vehicles.