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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / August 2005Glacier National Park and Going to The Sun Road
Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but I read that I can not expect to take that size vehicle on the Going to The Sun Road. I know there are tour buses but we want the flexibility of stopping when and where we want. Have any of you taken an RV to that area and then rented a car for a day to do the road? If so, can you share your experiences with me? TIA. Dick Snyder snip The Going To The Sun Road is pretty tight. Even if they allow it I wouldn' try it with any towable or class c or larger. I was not planning to try it. That is why I asked my question about renting a car in my original post................ > snip > The Going To The Sun Road is pretty tight. Even if they allow it I wouldn' > try it with any towable or class c or larger. >Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the >rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but I >read that I can not expect to take that size vehicle on the Going to The Sun >Road. Hi Dick, You really can't take that Class C on the Road to The Sun. Not only is it too long, but it's too wide. I can't remember many places where you could stop, but you could Google car rentals at both ends and maybe find one. Hunter http://members.aol.com/hhamp5246/roadtrip2005.htm Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" > I can't remember many places where you could stop, but you could > Google car rentals at both ends and maybe find one. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, > but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" Just returned from Glacier and other places. Took the all day Red Bus tour from West Glacier. Next day we took a helicopter tour of the park. Stupendous both days. The helo place also rented cars. Mary Thanks for the tip on the helo place Mary. I will check it out. As for the all day red bus tour, is my assumption that renting a car so we could stop where we wanted, when we wanted, and as long as we wanted a good assumption or were you happy on the bus tour? Dick >> I can't remember many places where you could stop, but you could >> Google car rentals at both ends and maybe find one. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mary > Thanks for the tip on the helo place Mary. I will check it out. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >>Mary We were happy on the bus tour. The driver's commentary was excellent. We did stop in many places. Mary > Thanks for the tip on the helo place Mary. I will check it out. > > As for the all day red bus tour, is my assumption that renting a car so we > could stop where we wanted, when we wanted, and as long as we wanted a > good assumption or were you happy on the bus tour? Take the Red Jammer Touring Car (bus) out of West Glacier. You'll see more than you will driving and have ample stops for the photo shoots. There are really not all that many places to get off hte road and stop anyway. Been there and done that both ways & liked the Jammer best. http://www.fleetwoodclub.org/images/full_photo_alb2.html Tom J Very helpful advice Tom - thanks! >> Thanks for the tip on the helo place Mary. I will check it out. >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tom J Thanks. As I said in my original post, I know that I can NOT take my RV on that road. >>Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the >>rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy > sh.t...what a ride!" >"Dick Snyder" <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote: >Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the >rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Dick Snyder There are car available for rent in the west Glacier area, but I don't think I would bother if you simply want to see the Going to the Sun Road. The "tour buses" are actually 1930s vintage sedans ("jammers") with canvas roofs that they keep rolled back for the ride .Take a look at http://tinyurl.com/cdrdh We drove the road in our toad a couple weeks ago, but if we hadn't had that, I would cheerfully have taken a jammer tour. The tours cost around $45 a head, and everybody I saw in one of them was grinning his a.s off.  SignatureDD Thanks for the advice Dave. > >"Dick Snyder" <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > that, I would cheerfully have taken a jammer tour. The tours cost around > $45 a head, and everybody I saw in one of them was grinning his a.s off. My wife and I rode on a motorcycle. Suggest you go first from east to west, those going west to east were on the cliff side and took their half out of the middle! :-) Since we were on two wheels, we always had plenty of room. I do remember RVs on that road, but they were small and not many. Suggest you go early in the morning and no earlier than July. Tim Lange West Lafayette, IN (Go Boilers!) > Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the > rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dick Snyder |
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