KALISPELL, Mont. -  Lingering winter conditions on Logan Pass have prompted Glacier National Park officials to relocate the 75th anniversary celebration of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, according to the Daily Inter-Lake newspaper.

The celebration has been moved to Lake McDonald Lodge but will still be held on June 27, park spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt said.

Before a storm in early June dumped up to two feet of snow on some stretches of the road, crews were plowing in the Rimrock area west of the pass and in the Siyeh Bend area to the east.

Vanderbilt said that getting guests to Lake McDonald Lodge would be logistically easier than getting them to Logan Pass, but it takes away from the historic value of the original venue.

Logan Pass was the site of the 1933 dedication ceremony that attracted about 4,000 people.

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From National Park Service:

How did the Going-to-the-Sun Road get its name?
The road officially received its name, “The Going-to-the-Sun Road,” during the 1933 dedication at Logan Pass. The road borrowed its name from nearby Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. Local legend, and a 1933 press release issued by the Department of the Interior, told the story of the deity, Sour Spirit, who came down from the sun to teach Blackfeet braves the rudiments of the hunt. On his way back to the sun, Sour Spirit had his image reproduced on the top of the mountain for inspiration to the Blackfeet. An alternate story suggests a white explorer in the 1880s concocted the name and the legend. No matter which version is accurate, the road named Going-to-the-Sun still inspires all who travel it.


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