Going-to-the-Sun Road
Plowing Photos and Videos of 2006

Near the West tunnel - April 7

Pioneering with the D-7 Dozer through avalanche debris. This is an unnamed avalanche path below the west tunnel.

Photo by Blase Reardon, USGS, and Mark Dundas, NPS.

Removing debris to a manageable depth for the rotary snowthrower.

Photo by Blase Reardon, USGS, and Mark Dundas, NPS.

The trusty rotary attacking the remaining debris. The rotary can only be used in avalanche debris that does not contain logs and/or rocks.

Photo by Blase Reardon, USGS, and Mark Dundas, NPS.

Removing the remaining 3 feet of debris.

Photo by Blase Reardon, USGS, and Mark Dundas, NPS.