Going-To-The-Sun Road - car, shuttle, Red Bus tour???

We%26#39;ll be at the park for one day on July 3rd. I%26#39;m thinking we should park the car and either take the shuttle or the Red Bus tour. We won%26#39;t be hiking - just want to see the pretty scenery. Do you think it would be worth paying for the tour? There are two that I%26#39;m considering - one for $55 and one for $80 - probably the $55 one would be fine. Or...do you think the shuttle would be just as good? Or would you recommend just driving it???

Thank you.

Going-To-The-Sun Road - car, shuttle, Red Bus tour???

I%26#39;ll be the one to say, ';Don%26#39;t drive';. There is ongoing construction, the road is narrow and has quite a bit of traffic on it. If you drive, you have to be watching the road and the other traffic. If you take a Red Jammer bus tour, someone else who has driven the road a bunch will be doing that while you get to see the scenery and they narrate. You%26#39;ll enjoy the trip more that way.

The shuttle (if it is running then) will have the experienced driver who may or may not point out or narrate the trip. Narration isn%26#39;t part of their job but some will tell you things to look for and perhaps a little of the history of the park or the road. Sometimes you have to wait a while for a bus with seats available and you have to change busses at Logan Pass as the shuttle from each side only go to the top and back.

If you have nice weather, the Red Jammers have tops that can be removed so you really can see the scenery. For the shuttles, you have nice windows, but you can only see out the side you are seated on.

Going-To-The-Sun Road - car, shuttle, Red Bus tour???

Thank you for your reply. Do you think the shorter one would be good enough or would you recommend the longer one? Maybe we should go for the longer one.

We will in Glacier around the 20th of June for 2 days. We were wondering about tours also. We had thought about the Red Bus to GTTS road also. Do we need to make reservations. Will it be open at that time?

The GNP Inside page has some info on shuttles available in the park; you might want to start there.

I%26#39;ve seen the Red Jammer buses and heard reports about them but since I haven%26#39;t taken one, I had to look up the web page about them. From what I heard, I expected a couple of tours but found that they offer much more. With just the one day to visit, I think I would want to take one of their tours instead of the shuttle, although the shuttle is free. It would be nice to have a set time to be picked up and dropped off instead of waiting for a shuttle with room on a day that is likely to be crowded. Much more information about the tours is available here:

www.glacierparkinc.com/Transportation/Reds/

Here%26#39;s a link to some pictures we took on our Red Bus Tour. We went from Swiftcurrent to Lake McDonald and back.

alandsuejohnson.com/western%20parks%20trip/r鈥?/a>

It was a nice trip. We made several stops. As you can tell in the pics, we even saw some wildlife. It wasn%26#39;t cheap but it was stress free and we both got to enjoy the view.

agree with all above, little stress, narration and scenery.

if only 1-day, this is a great option.

I think we%26#39;ll take one of the tours from the West side - just have to decide if the 6 1/2 hour one is good enough or if we should take the 8 hour one. the photos were great!!! Hope we have such good luck with the weather with nice blue skies.

I think we will also take the Red Bus tour. The pictures were great. How far in advance are reservations needed. I have found it is very helpful to take a tour the first time you visit then you know where you need to go after that. I like the idea of stress free and both enjoying the view.

We made our reservations the day before we went. It was a last minute thing since some of the trails were closed.