Traveling from East Glacier to West Glacier

Hwy 2 in this case is going to the sun road and it takes you over a 12,000+ ft pass. Logan Pass.

Road FAQs

There are vehicle restrictions and you may not be able to go over it in your RV. Very scenic road and you will want to go over in your toad if nothing else. We've seen mountain goats every time we traveled it.

It is a long drive around from the west to the east side and I'm not sure why you want to go over with your RV. There is not as much to see on the east side and a day trip with your toad will show you what there is, get an early start.

agesilaus wrote:
Hwy 2 in this case is going to the sun road and it takes you over a 12,000+ ft pass. Logan Pass.

Road FAQs

There are vehicle restrictions and you may not be able to go over it in your RV. Very scenic road and you will want to go over in your toad if nothing else. We've seen mountain goats every time we traveled it.

It is a long drive around from the west to the east side and I'm not sure why you want to go over with your RV. There is not as much to see on the east side and a day trip with your toad will show you what there is, get an early start.

X2

What route would you suggest?

There isn't much choice. 89 south then 2 around the bottom of the park. The next route is far to the south and would probably take 2 days. No way to use Interstates to get to the west side of the park.

When leaving East Glacier, I go north on 89 toward Babb and take Duck Lake Road(464) To Browning. From there, I take US 2 to the west side. US 2 is a good highway. It's a little longer, but I don't like going south on 89 to Browning. And by no means do you want to drive 49 from 89 to US 2.

Route 2 is NOT the Going to the Sun road! There are no vehicle restrictions on route 2 between Browning on the east and Columbia Falls on the west side. From East Glacier, take route 89 north to pick up route 464 at the north end of Lower St. Mary Lake. 464 is non-mountain driving to get you to Browning and route 2. route 89 south from East Glacier is twisty/curvy and not so good for a large RV. IIRC, route 2 top out at somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. No steep grades.

CloudDriver wrote:
Route 2 is NOT the Going to the Sun road! There are no vehicle restrictions on route 2 between Browning on the east and Columbia Falls on the west side. From East Glacier, take route 89 north to pick up route 464 at the north end of Lower St. Mary Lake. 464 is non-mountain driving to get you to Browning and route 2. route 89 south from East Glacier is twisty/curvy and not so good for a large RV. IIRC, route 2 top out at somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. No steep grades.

Yeah, you are right. The map I looked at didn't have a route designation for GTS road I jumped to a conclusion.

Going to the sun road is restricted to vehicles less than a certain length, and less than 7' wide, and something like 8' wide when including the mirrors!

I did get from West side to the east side. And then drove to Yellowstone. It was back in 1994, and I do not recall any problems with the highway, it was south of Glacier NP.

On my trip in 2006, I went to Glacier NP, and took my minivan over the pass, then back to the east side. It is a great drive in a small car. Make sure that you lock out overdrive, and use '2' gear when required to slow the car without overheating the brakes. I did not go to West Yellowstone on that trip, and returned to Yellowstone a week later!

Had a great time on both trips!

Have fun camping!

Fred.

Hwy 2 is the way to go. It's a very good road and semi trucks use it.

Going to the Sun Road is altogether different and you definitely will not be taking your 43' MH on it. :) Your Jeep is the one to take on that road - if it's open from snow. Have a good trip!

astern2 wrote:
We will be going to Glacier park this summer. I'm trying to figure the best route to get from East Glacier to West Glacier. The gps takes us on route 2. We have a 43' MH towing a Jeep. Is Route 2 a good road or are we better backtracking and finding larger roads or interstates?

High 2. east to west basically goes from Browning Mt to Kalispell Mt, very good route, we have been over it several time with our 40'er towing the jeep.

East Glacier has several places you can drop the coach and do the park over the road to the sun. But we have found that is much better to take the red buses, you can take your eyes off the road and use both hands to take pictures.