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| 2019-09-02_13.14.53_StMaryLakeSign.jpg |
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Sign for Lake St Mary Lake outside of Glacier National Park
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| 2019-09-02_13.19.04_GlacierNationalParkSign.jpg |
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Entering Glacier National Park from the east side
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| 2019-09-02_13.31.34_TripleDividePeakSign.jpg |
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Glacier National Park is a "triple divide", not just a "continental
divide".
Water flows away in 3 directions: towards Pacific Ocean, Hudson Bay and
Gulf Of Mexico.
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| 2019-09-02_13.33.34_StMaryLake1.jpg |
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Much of the Going-to-the-Sun Road runs west along St Mary Lake
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| 2019-09-02_14.34.09_StMaryLake2.jpg |
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Little island in the middle of St Mary Lake
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| 2019-09-02_14.34.39_StMaryLake3.jpg |
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Rocky cliffs overlooking St Mary Lake
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| 2019-09-02_14.41.59_CliffsNearStMaryLake.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_14.45.06_StMaryLake4.jpg |
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Looking back at St Mary Lake
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| 2019-09-02_14.45.14_RockyCliffs.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_14.49.15_RockyValley.jpg |
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Good scenery all through Glacier National Park, as we drive the windy,
twisty Going-to-the-Sun Road, but not many wide spots to stop and take pictures
without holding up traffic
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| 2019-09-02_15.13.05_JacksonGlacierClimateChangeSign.jpg |
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Climate change is evident at Jackson Glacier
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| 2019-09-02_15.13.27_JacksonGlacierMeltingSign.jpg |
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Climate change is melting Jackson Glacier and all the other glaciers in
Glacier National Park
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| 2019-09-02_15.14.00_JacksonGlacier.jpg |
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Jackson Glacier from a distance
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| 2019-09-02_15.14.05_JacksonGlacierCloseup.jpg |
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Jackson Glacier close up
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| 2019-09-02_15.23.30_ShuttleServiceSign.jpg |
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Can take a free shuttle bus along Going-to-the-Sun Road July-September.
Other months, the road is closed and buried in snow.
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| 2019-09-02_15.31.29_NarrowWaterfallAndStream.jpg |
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Lots of narrow waterfalls and streams from seasonal snow melt
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| 2019-09-02_15.35.32_VerticalCliffs.jpg |
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Very rugged terrain around Logan Pass
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| 2019-09-02_15.35.37_LookingDownIntoLoganPassValley.jpg |
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Looking down into Logan Pass
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| 2019-09-02_15.35.46_LookingAcrossLoganPassValley.jpg |
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Looking across Logan Pass
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| 2019-09-02_15.35.57_GlacierAtBaseOfPeakAtLoganPass.jpg |
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Snow at base of peak at Logan Pass
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| 2019-09-02_15.51.59_LoganPassSign.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.15.15_GoingToTheSunRoad.jpg |
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The Going-to-the-Sun Road is carved into the mountainside
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| 2019-09-02_16.15.25_GlaciersInEveryShadow.jpg |
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Glaciers in every shadow
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| 2019-09-02_16.15.44_RockyGreenHillside.jpg |
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The cliffs get very green even with such a short growing season
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| 2019-09-02_16.18.47_GoingToTheSunRoadSign.jpg |
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Going-to-the-Sun Road was designed to blend in with the landscape
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| 2019-09-02_16.27.00_RiverValley.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.27.54_RiverValleyCloseup.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.29.07_RemovableGuardRailsForAvalanches.jpg |
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Going-to-the-Sun Road needs guardrails to keep cars from plunging over the
cliff edges.
At first, they were built of stone, but avalanches roaring down the
mountainsides would destroy them, or pile up LOTS of snow on the roads,
making it harder for plows to finally get through in the spring/summer.
Now they bolt on wooden logs as guardrails, and remove them each winter so the
avalanches can flow freely.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
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Here's an "avalanche trail" or "avalanche chute".
No trees in the low spots where the avalanches flow by.
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| 2019-09-02_16.44.04_HeavensPeakSign.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.44.24_HeavensPeak.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.44.34_HeavensPeakCloseup.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_16.51.02_StripedMountains.jpg |
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| 2019-09-02_17.01.28_AvalancheTrailSign.jpg |
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Avalanches knock down all the trees and large plants, so bushes grow back
each summer.
Lots of berries and tender new plant growth for bears to eat.
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Another avalanche trail
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| 2019-09-02_20.24.43_LakeMcDonaldLodge.jpg |
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Lake McDonald Lodge.
Good food.
Don't miss the huckleberry pie with huckleberry ice cream for dessert!
We lucked out and rented a cabin for the night here.
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Lake McDonald is cold and clear.
Very little algae, weeds or organic material in a glacial lake.
So relatively few fish except at warmer edges and where streams
flow into it.
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| 2019-09-03_11.42.50_LakeMcDonaldFishSign.jpg |
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Introducing fish is a complicated issue
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| 2019-09-03_11.43.02_LakeMcDonaldFormedByGlacierSign.jpg |
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10,000 or more years ago, massive glaciers carved out the valleys and
dammed the streams, creating lakes
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| 2019-09-03_11.43.35_LakeMcDonaldClearWater.jpg |
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Clear water of Lake McDonald
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| 2019-09-03_11.43.42_CanoesOnLakeMcDonald.jpg |
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Canoeing on Lake McDonald
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