Friday, June 10, 2011

Many Glacier and Ice Mountain

Off the beaten path,Many Glacier is in the northeastern corner of Glacier National Park, and is often referred to as the heart of Glacier. Boat rides, horseback riding, and great hiking are all found here. Three excellent all-day hikes are the Iceberg Lake, Cracker Lake, and Grinnell Glacier trails. Roughly 10-12 miles round-trip, these moderately strenuous hikes bring visitors to unmatched subalpinne scenery.

For shorter hikes, Grinnell Lake, Red Rock Falls, and the Swiftcurrent Nature Trail are good choices.

With all those said in the Glacier National Park Visitor Summer Guide, we were here too early for the summer season. We could not go hiking on the trails as they were covered with snow. We tried to follow the sign to Ptarmigan Tunnel, ended up circling in the ghosted log cabins. So we had to turned back out.
 
On our way out, we saw quite a lot of mountain goats on the mountain side of loose rocks. What a regret I didn't take even a single picture of the goats. We wondered why the water of the Swiftcurrent Creek flows so fast.

The glaciated mountain on the background of Lake Sherburne is so beautiful, we thought the Ice Mountain Spring Water is probably sourced from here in Glacier National Park. It turned out, Nope, yet from two groundwater wells at Sanctuary Spring in Mecosta County, Michigan and/or Evart Spring in Evart, Michigan.

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