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~ FALL 2008 PHOTOS ~ Glacier National Park |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2008) |
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~ FALL 2008 PHOTOS ~ Glacier National Park |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2008) |
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| We'd hoped to take the boat shuttle from Many Glacier Hotel, but it was booked up... |
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| So we hiked around Swiftcurrent Lake. Many Glacier Hotel across lake... |
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| Swiftcurrent Lake Trail |
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| Small pond along lake shore |
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| Shuttle boat approaching Lake Josephine dock | Boat returning after picking up passengers |
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| First glimpses of Lower Grinnell Lake |
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| Looking for moose down in valley between Josephine & Lower Grinnell Lakes |
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| The trail climbs steadily along this section |
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| Rest stop | Small cascade along trail |
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| Grinnell Falls in center background |
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| Looking down on Lower Grinnell Lake |
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| A steep precipice if you wander off the trail... |
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| View back down Grinnell Valley |
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| Bighorn sheep off the trail |
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| Mountain goats feeding on a ledge above the trail |
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| More Bighorns |
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| Bighorns heading off |
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| Grinnell Trail - getting closer to the glacier |
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| Just before reaching the glacier, there is a final group of switchbacks |
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| Finally - Upper Grinnell Lake! Scouting out some shots |
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| Twisted glacial ice formation |
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| More glacial ice in the lake |
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| Let's look for a lunch spot |
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| Panorama of Upper Grinnell Lake (5 stitched images) |
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| Glacial ice in Upper Grinnell Lake |
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| View toward the glacier, Mt. Gould on right |
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| After lunch it was time for the return trip |
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| Heading back down the trail |
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| The trail hugs the slope of Mt. Grinnell |
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| Late afternoon sun on milky Lower Grinnell Lake |
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| Trail follows the cliffs that rise above the lake |
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| Out of the cliffs - and definitely easier going down... |
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| The Morning Eagle coming to pick us up - saved us a mile or so hiking back. |
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