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On The Going To The Sun Road Poster
by Jeff Swan
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On The Going To The Sun Road poster by Jeff Swan. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park in Montana, USA, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was... more
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Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park in Montana, USA, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. A fleet of 1930s red tour buses "jammers", rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane or gas, offer tours on the road. The road, a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, spans 53 miles (85 km) across the width of the park.
The road is one of the most difficult roads in North America to snowplow in the spring. Up to 80 feet (24 m) of snow can lie on top of Logan Pass, and more just east of the pass where the deepest snowfield has long been referred to as Big Drift. The road takes about ten weeks to plow, even with equipment that can move 4000 tons of snow in an hour. The snowplow crew can clear as little as 500 feet (150 m) of the road per day. On the east side of the continental divide, there are few guardrails due to heavy snows and the resultant late winter avalanches that have repeatedly d...
About Jeff Swan
The world is a beautiful place and I intend to share it. With over nine hundred thousand views and hundreds of features etc I have done well. All my work is my own and I am self taught. My palette is often those places kind of hid away that have a special beauty. I enjoy sharing and selling my work and I have thousands of images that would love to find a home on your wall at home or at your office. As a gift such as a tote bag or a poster. I can be contacted at 509-306-5167 or at Jeffclimer@msn.com. Feel free to explore and share.
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Jeff Swan
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Lee Piper
Beautiful work! f/v
Tessa Fairey
Beautiful image Jeff! v/f