Help Route planning between Glacier and Arches National Park

[kemccarrel]

If you can find a way to work in Capitol Reef and Goblin Valley state parks in UT, you will not be disappointed.

[MikeRC]

Just a couple of technical points.

The Glacier Park East Entrance is currently closed (and has been since June 2020). See the "Alerts" tab at the Glacier NPS site: Plan Your Visit The Blackfoot Nation is still in negotiations for reopening access to the park through their lands. Keep watching the updates. If you plan on seeing Logan Pass (Going-to-the-Sun Road) remember it usually doesn't open until the 3rd week of June, and has been as late as the second week of July. Length restriction of 21 ft!

Be careful with your road planning. Particularly, try not to use Hwy49 from East Glacier to US89 (Kiowa). It is not 5th wheel friendly because of sharp corners, some gravel sections, short/steep grades and some narrow (almost 1.5 lane) sections. If the Blackfoot Reservation have opened access, Hwy 464 is the best choice to get from Babb (or Waterton Lakes NP if you are actually coming from there) to Browning. One short, steep climb to Duck Lake and then nice gently rolling hills to Browning. US 89/287 from Browning through Choteau & Augusta to the I5 is a great route.

Mike C