Golden Stairs Retaining Wall, Beneath Going-to-the-Sun Road 43 miles Northeast of West Glacier Entrance, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: The Golden Stairs Retaining Wall is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, and as the first product of a 1925 cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads. As with other structures on the road, the retaining wall was constructed with native stone, in an attempt to make it blend with the park scenery. The Golden Stairs Retaining Wall is one of the largest and most noticeable retaining walls along the entire road.
Survey number: HAER MT-83
Building/structure dates: 1933 Initial Construction