On May 30, we drove US Route 2 and Route 89 to visit East Glacier and the eastern portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road due to road closure from Avalanche Creek to Jackson Glacier Overlook.
The scenic drive along US Route 2 led us drive from scenes of late spring to mid-spring then to early spring. We had sunshine, drizzling spring shower, then icy rain on our way to Jackson Glacier Overlook. It turned out the Saint Mary Visitor Center is the major entrance to the Glacier. Again, the views of those white glaciated mountains along Saint Mary Lake are spectacular and breathtaking. No much traffic, we have it all!
When we saw a mother black bear and her cub along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, we realized that we are truly in Bear Country.
The Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, from which the road takes its name, is right across the Jackson Glacier Overlook,and it is 9642ft or 2939m high. However, it didn't impress us much, probably because of the cold rain. Still, we walked in ponchos and winter coats all the way to Sunrift Gorge, hiked on the trail to the shore of Saint Mary Lake, came back out at Sun Point. With all these sunny names, we had to wait in rain for our Toyota Sienna to be picked up with the help of two park rangers. Rising Sun was ahead of us. I bet it would be a perfect place to see the rising sun... 20 years later?
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