Carl Stone Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 This is dead in the middle of summer, very high up in Glacier National Park, Montana. They have a two week growing season there on account of the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_gifford Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I have some pictures from Glacier taken in February. Much like your picture, only without all of the detail. A picture of a pearl grey fleece blanket would be a dead ringer. Well, I exaggerate. But the conditions were low fog and high clouds for very soft light and snow on the ground and trees and the lodge at the lake... so a yellow road sign wound up being the only evidence that color film was used. Looks as if you had all the makings of a lovely time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Stone Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 A lovely time indeed, but much too short. Ever since I was a kid I've had a fascination for Glacier Park, as I think it's the most beautiful park in the country. The photo was shot on a hike that went from the top of the Going To The Sun Hwy, up and back a couple of miles, to overlook a lake a few thousand feet below. Awesome beauty, and abundant wild life, I also got some Rocky Mtn goats from close range. However, I doubt that place could be accessed in February, or that I would want to try, LOL. The green grass that you see only enjoys two weeks a year of growing, on average. People are admonished to stay the trail and not step on the tundra, as it usually doesn't survive that treatment. One of the stranger sights was a photographer standing on the very narrow drop off side of that highway as we traveled up hill from the west. He had a huge view camera setup, and was very intent on a distant mountain. It scared me just to see his precarious perch, as I would not have stood there for any reason, the drop was several hundred feet. If my wife had of opened her car door on the passenger side as we passed that guy it would have forced him over the edge. Now that is what I call dedication. :o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Next time you are in Glacier, you should take a day and hike to Grasshopper Glacier. This glacier has a whole bunch of 10,000 year old grasshoppers frozen into it. It smells! Still, one of the cooler things I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Stone Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 I haven't heard of that glacier, but it sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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