Chief Mountain Border Crossing, Montana

The Chief Mountain Crossing is the easternmost mountainous crossing on the 49th Parallel, and it is closed in the winter months, usually for more than half the year. The US Port of Entry is in a park-style building, suitable as the crossing is inside Glacier National Park. At the crossing the boundary line is marked on either side of Highway 17 with the usual concrete posts used at crossing points by the International Boundary Commission, and gates that are closed in off season. Looking west, the cut line is visible heading into the high and remote peaks of the Rockies.

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