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Overview
About Weeping Wall
Why stop
- A memorable westbound pass through the spray when water is high.
Heads up
- Flow may be only a trickle by late summer.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Weeping Wall, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Glacier National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Big Bend and Weeping Wall0:00 / 0:29
“You’re coming up on Big Bend, a pullout with a wide view across Lake McDonald Valley toward Heaven’s Peak. This is a good stop if you want mountain scenery without a hike.”
Plays as you drive up to Weeping Wall in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 204 audio storiesacross Glacier’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Wolverine, Mountain Goat, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 157 trails, 91 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Our first time to glacier and we used the audio portion for Going to the Sun Road. Wonderful information with perfect advice of what to see and do along the road.”
Guide
More about Weeping Wall
A waterfall beside the roadThe Weeping Wall is a series of waterfalls spilling down a steep rock face alongside…
The Weeping Wall is a series of waterfalls spilling down a steep rock face alongside Going-to-the-Sun Road. The cascades are a product of the road’s construction, making this an unusual roadside sight rather than a walk to a separate waterfall.
When the spray is flowingWestbound travelers can pass through the cool snowmelt spray when the water is running strongly.
Westbound travelers can pass through the cool snowmelt spray when the water is running strongly. That wet pass is the memorable part of the experience. Flow is seasonal: it is strongest earlier in the season and typically dwindles to a trickle by late summer.
Take it in safelyNo designated pullout or safe pedestrian viewing area at the wall was verified, so plan to…
No designated pullout or safe pedestrian viewing area at the wall was verified, so plan to appreciate it from a safe pass along the road; don’t stop in a traffic lane or walk on the pavement. This is on the alpine stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road, which opens seasonally and can change with weather, so check the current road status before setting out.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Glacier
404 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWolverineMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
1,173 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
395 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
506 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Glacier. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
