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CONSTRUCTION MAP Revised 9-3-2021 Goat Haunt Mountain Chief 8641 ft Mountain 2634 m 9080 ft 2767 m Thunderbird E G Mountain D Mount Glacier National Park RI Cleveland Gable 8790 ft E NE 10466 ft Pass G 2679 m PI RCU 3190 m ID PO R Road Work and Construction Project Locations - 2021 To Calgary 2 5 To Lethbridge Gable Mount k A ee n Cr Mountain Cardston garva Carter Dun Alberta-Remington r M Kootenai e 9262 ft Carriage Centre v 9843 ft BOW-CROW PROVINCIAL FOREST i R U To Pincher Creek BRITISH COLUMBIAALBERTA Peak 2823 m and Calgary n N 3000 m o t North r 8542ft 6 e 0 5 10 Kilometers t a 26mi W 42km 0 5 10 Miles 2603m Goat r Lake e iv ek Stoney R Cre ek B e Cre au ly Le Lost erm Galwey l Sage a e Twin Lake n Red Rock Canyon Indian Brook B Lakes C Mountain re e View k Pass Redgap Re 5 d Bison WATERTON Ro Crandell Blakiston ck paddock Pass P Falls a Mountain Park Lo rk ne ek w Entrance Maskinonge Cree Cre a C k ston y h Lake N ki i la e 2 o f B Lower M r t Waterton o h Blakiston Cr u ee Lake k k n F ee LAKES o r t na C Crandell a 16mi r ne Golf 5 i k i Lineham Lake n ish Lineham Discovery 25km K course I FLATHEAD PROVINCIAL FOREST Lakes n F Well National A t Apikuni l e a k Lonesome a a Lineh Historic Site Sof C r t n m am r ationa Lake e l H h i ig n a C Linnet Lake e h e Mountain re k w a e Rowe k a d BLOOD C Creek Visitor Reception Centre Prince of Wales National Historic Site k y r e e y e 9068 ft R e a Middle Waterton r k C i w k Lake d v k e Waterton Park e INDIAN e r e k Upper a r o 2764 m r C P U o r Rowe a RESERVE n P C in o Lake r Lower P e Carthew m E a Bertha Falls m Creek R k a F Belly River A C Carthew Alderson Lakes L Upper W Vulture Lake NATIONAL AKAMINA-KISHINENA PROVINCIAL PARK Akamina Bertha A A Lake Falls T Peak E Hell Roaring Bertha R Wall T Falls 6 Lake Lake T Summit T O r 9638ft N Forum Cameron Lake Crypt Crypt PARK Customs ive O R BRITISH COLUMBIA Lake (summer only) CANADA Lake Falls Lake Customs L 2937m A closed P K r MONTANA e UNITED STATES no border crossing Bound ek E reek ary Cre iv C a R tl in K y r 30mi ll C y M e h Lake e ief r 1279 4196 ft 47km B v M k i o a Wurdeman r R u n Goat Haunt o t M Lake F a O y i h l k n Upper m t l Nooney r e I o e e n 89 Kintla N r t U B e C r Lake Carcajou n 10mi a e Many Glacier Road Reconstruction E Lake Goat Haunt t 16km K N e io t A Overlook L n L a in A Lake l a April to December L T H S T Janet Miche ig IN A Rainbow h K Wabun AgassizMount Thunderbird Falls w • Expect 40 minute delays Glacier a Glacier eek I y Glacier Cr on Belly River Ols N O Geduhn Lake ta Francis tso 17 Kintla Lake Cr • 9/20/21, Road Closed for the Season Kintla 8375 ft Dixon Whitecrow ee Glacier k Glacier Kootenai Glacier Cosley at the Park Boundary. 2552 m Lakes Lake 22mi No vehicle or other access permitted. Creek 35km Weasel L tine alen Swiftcurrent Collar I V Glenns Glacier Lake Slide V Stoney PassLake Indian 4mi I reek Lake is C 6km N an Elizabeth y Akokala ed ow n Lake Rainbow k Lake n o er e Glacier G M iv Mokowanis K E R Lake K A DUCK LAKE L S r Old Sun Cerulean e Sue Margaret la Creek iv Glacier Babb ka Lake T R Lake Lake o Longfellow Poia k n To A N o Ipasha Ptarmigan Lake oad O rt The Loop Lake R Browning A Peak te Lake Tunnel k M a Duc W 14mi W N Ahern k e 464 22km O Glacier Swiftcurrent re B 8904 ft C Ridge Lake Many reek M Glacier t C i en e n r os 2714 m CONTINENTAL Helen Kennedy Entrance Swiftcur Upper Road Camp and Lunch Creek Mo e Lake Mt12mi Gould Bowman Lake DIVIDE r Lake E a 19km K Vulture l Hawk Creek R LA Packers NE Trail Hardening Work - Summer 2021 o QUARTZ Glacier R 9553 ft a U Many Glacier B d R Ptarmigan Apikuni E Lower HE Middle S K • Expect limited parking and minor c Roost N Falls l Quartz Falls E o Quartz K 2911 m A A L o s k L 6mi Lake r e e Lake Iceberg t d e C traffic delays. 10km r Y Mount Siyeh h C re in Lake Redrock R n GLACIER e w k i a Falls A 9mi nt m R e M r w Swiftcurrent 14km 10014 ft o FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST B Grace A T F N 0.3mi Lake Granite I or Swiftcurrent 3052 m k 0.5km N A Park Bullhead Lake S Lake U. 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Hwy 89 Chalet RPiegan PassHUDSON BAY 1mi Polebridge G Lake E DIVIDE 2km Josephine W Construction Over Hudson Bay Divide E r O L ek C re Polebridge Grinnell y C KE St. Mary Visitor Center to St. Mary - Summer 2021 Ha LA Lake Cataract n G M Salamander o IN Lake cD The Loop Creek y F G o Glacier n l G Evangeline n Grinnell a St. Mary • Expect traffic delays a O Heavensald C t L Saint h k C Glacier Cracker ee re Mt Oberlin d e Cr ek Lake a Mary O a z Camas Peak o d t u ar Ruger Lake R 8180 ft t u s Q Lake Big n i 8987 ft m d u 1913 Bend S e Winona Quartz 2493 m - Ranger e N Lake ek 2739 m Rising Sun h Station o re NATIONAL t Creek C - r Logan Pass ft 1366 t g Dutch R o h n Ana k Clements Mtn o -t i conda ee se g g Cr Lake F Visitor Center Otokomi in 4484 Going- o Ri g o r ve o Lake k r L Arrow 6646 ft / 2025 m 8760 ft Goat Cr G ee Ro Lake k E to-the- a Lake Hidden Lake K d Siyeh Bend 18mi A Siyeh Logging Creek 2670 m L 89 29km Avalanche Sun Mtn Coal Cree k Trail of Y k ree R Bend C Creek the Cedars MA h Sunrift tc Trout St. Mary SAINT 9642 ft 13mi u Gorge D Lake ek Falls 21km re Sun Point C 2939 m en Baring A dd Hidden va Hi Falls la Lake I Mount n n c s h id e Avalanche St Mary Red Eagle e Virginia N C Florence r Falls 20mi BLACKFEET orth Fo Stanton VaughtLake Lake ve Falls Lake rk r i R Rogers e Falls R HUDSON BAY 32km o McDonald McDonald e a Lake k ry DIVIDE d Mountain 8850 ftFalls a Reynolds Mtn INDIAN RESERVATION 28mi M Big Bend, St. Maryt Falls & Logan Pass 45km in a PARK 9125 ft 2697 m S 7750 ft Johns M Snyder Vault Toilet Installation at Big Bend & ed To k Lake ic Starr School ree Lakes 2781 mr ine C 2362Lake m McDonald k C O Sperry e and as St. Mary Falls Trailhead re w am C y l C Glacier Browning M Gunsight le a C c Forests and Fire Ge g B r e k Lake e 11mi ee 6/10/21 to 8/26/21 a Cut Bank r E e C C n r k r o 18km e e d s Medicine Big Creek Outdoor e yd Jackson e n • Expect minor traffic delays and limited d k ft S Blackfoot R Owl Lake Education Center Glacier u m Glacier Sprag Mount H 3153 ue C parkingLake at Big Bend and St. Mary Falls C 961 ree k Sperry Ellen ek a re reek Big Creek m D BrownWilson C C L Chalet k U.S. Forest Service a n A Sprague Ba ig s N Lincoln t B 32mi Pumpelly u O Lake 8565LoganHarrison ft Pass Weather Shelter Installation C Camas Road ek R D 51km Creek Glacier re o c Glacier rk C o sh a M F Fi d at Shuttle Stop - Begins early-June Road Work and Entrance Station E 2610 m h d r K a k Triple Divide Peak tic C t A o ee Atlan r 13mi L R r on Cr 8,020 ft. o C s e Construction - May to November k • Expect construction in pvisitore k center N 21km e n ln k m Medicine e u o e ho Cr S c e T Grizzly Lake - in r • Expect up to 30 minute delays from just n e L parking lotC and near walkways er Fish h F -t n o o Creek t is L Kiowa past the entrance to the Apgar Visitor - r g r Morning Star 89 in a E Lake Center to approximately 5.25 miles o H Kiowa to Apgar G Gunsight W 49 Browning and northwest up Camas Road.
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