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| Jerry leaving the McDonald Falls
trail. |
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| Another shot along Avalanche Creek. Just look at the color of that water! |
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| And voila! Another
waterfall - they're everywhere! |
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| Known to Native Americans as the
"Shining Mountains" and the "Backbone of the World",
Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests,
alpine meadows, lakes, rugged peaks and glacial-carved valleys in the
Northern Rocky Mountains. |
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| One of several tunnels built
through the mountains along this route. In 1985, the
Going-To-The-Sun Road was designated as a National Historic Civil
Engineering Landmark. |
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| Glacier's diverse habitats are
home to nearly 70 species of mammals including the grizzly bear,
wolverine, gray wolf and lynx. Over 270 species of birds visit or reside
in the park, including such varied species as harlequin ducks, dippers and
golden eagles. Unfortunately, the pine
bark beetle has found its way here, too, as evidenced by the dead trees in
the foreground. About 1/3 of the park's pine trees have been
destroyed. We witnessed this same damage on a grander scale in Rocky
Mountain National Park in 2009. Such a shame! |
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| Heaven's Peak, at 8,987 feet, is
an incredible sight against the vivid blue of the Montana sky. |
