Road crews were working in Glacier National Park and the North Fork area on Wednesday, repairing damaged thoroughfares after several days of heavy rain led to flooded roads at the beginning of the week.

After repeated closures due to a debris slide on Going-to-the-Sun Road, the park again opened the scenic route to traffic Wednesday afternoon.

Traffic is limited to one lane about two miles from Apgar. A beaver dam had broken and unleashed water and debris and scoured the forest down to Sun Road, according to park spokesman Tim Rains.

The slide overflowed onto Sun Road and damaged the shoulder of the roadway.

Rains said that visitors headed up Sun Road — it’s currently gated at Avalanche — could expect traffic delays up to 20 minutes while crews work to repair the road.

“We do want to stress to use caution when accessing the flooded area, because there are people out there working on it,” Rains said late Wednesday afternoon. “The weather is still expected to be poor the next couple days, so be cautioned that things could change rapidly.”

The Flathead National Forest announced Wednesday morning it had closed Canyon Creek Road No. 316 after it experienced significant flooding and damage.

Located in the North Fork area, the road was closed to all motorized traffic for 7 miles from the snowmobile parking area west to the intersection with Road 316C, which follows the South Fork of Canyon Creek.

The closure includes tributary roads 316G (Crystal Creek) and 316D (Nine Mile).

Forest officials reopened the west-side road along Hungry Horse Reservoir on Wednesday morning, two days after a large slide washed logs and other debris onto the road three miles south of Hungry Horse Dam.

“Heavy rains and higher-elevation melting snow are creating numerous road problems on the Hungry Horse/Glacier View Ranger Districts,” forest spokeswoman Janette Turk said in a news release Wednesday.

The west-side reservoir road had been closed while heavy equipment operators removed debris and opened the culvert in the slide area. Additional culverts were cleared of debris and fallen rock was removed from the road.

The forest’s release also asked the public to slow down and use caution when traveling on soft, rain-saturated road surfaces.

Anyone with information about other road damage or unsafe conditions on the forest should contact the respective ranger district:

n Hungry Horse/Glacier View at 387-3800.

n Tally Lake at 758-5204.

n Swan Lake at 837-7500.

n Spotted Bear at 758-5376.

Up the North Fork, Flathead County road crews worked Wednesday on Rabe Road, which began flooding over the weekend.

Rain fell steadily through the weekend and continued into Tuesday, with some 72-hour precipitation totals over six inches in the Canyon and North Fork areas.

By Wednesday morning the wet weather had tapered off significantly. The National Weather Service reported minimal precipitation over the previous 24 hours, with less than half an inch of rain falling in the Whitefish Mountain Range and 0.1 inches in the Swan Range.

Reporter Sam Wilson may be reached at 758-4407 or by email at swilson@dailyinterlake.com.