Garden Wall, Dawn

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From Point 8479, this is part of Glacier National Park's Garden Wall, a knife-edge ridge on the Continental Divide and which leads to Mount Gould. From this vantage point, as you can see, there are excellent views of Upper Grinnell Lake, Grinnell Glacier, Salamander Glacier, and Gem Glacier. And what looks like fog below and right of the ridge is actually a smoke inversion caused by the 2003 fires. From the porch at Granite Park Chalet at night, we could see the flames in the valleys below. This was both spectacular and ominous.

Glacier National Park, Montana--August 2003

"Sea of clouds trapped naturally by a mountain dam" by SP member eric b. I like that. Very much. Thanks, Eric.

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Mark Doiron

From Down Low ...

Voted 10/10

From down low, this is a spectacular view. But even more so in your image from up high! --mark d.

Posted Sep 4, 2006 6:53 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: From Down Low ...
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the positive feedback. I have yet to do the actual Grinnell Glacier trail, but it is one of the many things that keep calling me back to Glacier.
		Posted Sep 4, 2006 7:09 pm


	Tomek Lodowy	Re: From Down Low ...
	Voted 10/10	breathtaking, what a series, thanks !
		Posted Sep 4, 2006 7:37 pm


	Mark Doiron	Re: From Down Low ...
	Voted 10/10	Yeah, Glacier is my number one, favorite U.S. national park (I've been to 34 of the 58). I, too, would like very much to go back. And I think I'd like to visit that vantage point from which you took that picture! mark d.
		Posted Sep 5, 2006 5:42 pm

Saintgrizzly

Spectacular!

Voted 10/10

Where was this shot taken? (Mount Gould?)

Posted Sep 9, 2006 2:42 pm

96avs01

Very

Voted 10/10

NICE!!!

Posted Sep 19, 2006 6:34 am


	Bob Sihler	Re: Very
	Hasn't voted	Thank you!
		Posted Sep 22, 2006 11:41 pm

DudeThatMustHurt

Just Amazing!

Voted 10/10

That's a Ridge line to end all ridge lines!. Simply an amazing photo and beautiful area.. Great Job!

Posted Oct 1, 2006 6:47 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: Just Amazing!
	Hasn't voted	Thank you so much!
		Posted Oct 1, 2006 6:59 pm

Diggler

traverse?

Voted 10/10

Amazing looking formation! Has anyone traversed this bad boy, or is the rock quality to iffey? If so, what is it rated? Sweet-looking ridge, & great picture.

Posted Nov 1, 2006 12:24 am


	Bob Sihler	Re: traverse?
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the comments. I have no doubt that someone has traversed it, and I do know that you will encounter bad rock and Class 5 pitches. Together, they could be deadly, and rope isn't going to be helpful on such rotten rock. If you make it, though, what a story!
		Posted Nov 1, 2006 2:12 am

eric b

Sea of clouds...

Voted 10/10

...trapped naturally by a mountain dam. Gorgeous

Posted Jan 8, 2007 3:38 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: Sea of clouds...
	Hasn't voted	What a great way to describe it! Would you mind if I quoted you in the caption, with full credit, of course? Thanks for commenting.
		Posted Jan 8, 2007 10:09 pm