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<blockquote data-quote="TheDoubleD" data-source="post: 3316681" data-attributes="member: 43754"><p>Living 50 miles from Glacier Park I have been over Going to the Sun a number of times. </p><p></p><p>Went out to Washington State for training one October and Going to the Sun was the short cut to get back home. It was snowing a bit so we stopped at the entrance gate and asked if the Road was still open, "Sure no problem" Said the Ranger. </p><p></p><p>We got up to the last turnaround and met a couple of more Rangers. They stopped us and told us we would be the last vehicle over for the season and we had one hour to go over, no stopping. If we didn't make it in a hour they would start looking for us. I was driving and looked at my partner, wondering what that was about. As I drove away I looked in my mirror and saw the Rangers closing the snow gate behind us. Let me tell you going down the east side Of Going to the Sun at under 15 miles and hour, white knuckling the steering so tight it left dents, and still sliding even when stopped, on that road in snow and ice will pucker you so tight that you taste seat cushion. </p><p></p><p>When we got home we heard the two Rangers who closed the gate behind us had wrecked out and the snow rescue team had to get them out. Both were seriously injured. </p><p></p><p>I have only been over Going to the Son twice since. Once for my badass former Anti Terror Team Member friend from South Africa and once with my new Okie wife who asked to go. we did the trip eastbound, always the best direction so the driver can focus on the centerline and your passenger get the best view. Both my badass friend and my new wife used unkind words directed at me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheDoubleD, post: 3316681, member: 43754"] Living 50 miles from Glacier Park I have been over Going to the Sun a number of times. Went out to Washington State for training one October and Going to the Sun was the short cut to get back home. It was snowing a bit so we stopped at the entrance gate and asked if the Road was still open, "Sure no problem" Said the Ranger. We got up to the last turnaround and met a couple of more Rangers. They stopped us and told us we would be the last vehicle over for the season and we had one hour to go over, no stopping. If we didn't make it in a hour they would start looking for us. I was driving and looked at my partner, wondering what that was about. As I drove away I looked in my mirror and saw the Rangers closing the snow gate behind us. Let me tell you going down the east side Of Going to the Sun at under 15 miles and hour, white knuckling the steering so tight it left dents, and still sliding even when stopped, on that road in snow and ice will pucker you so tight that you taste seat cushion. When we got home we heard the two Rangers who closed the gate behind us had wrecked out and the snow rescue team had to get them out. Both were seriously injured. I have only been over Going to the Son twice since. Once for my badass former Anti Terror Team Member friend from South Africa and once with my new Okie wife who asked to go. we did the trip eastbound, always the best direction so the driver can focus on the centerline and your passenger get the best view. Both my badass friend and my new wife used unkind words directed at me. [/QUOTE]
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