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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.
--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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	Bob Sihler	Re: beautiful shot...
	Hasn't voted	Thank you. You'd better get out by 2030, which is the time by which many projections have the real glaciers disappearing. It's a shame.
		Posted Aug 5, 2008 10:02 am

Noondueler

Great shot Bob!

Voted 10/10

You can see the glacial action against the wall taunting you!

Posted Dec 13, 2008 4:09 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: Great shot Bob!
	Hasn't voted	Taunting, and tempting, too. Thanks!
		Posted Dec 14, 2008 9:49 am

nks

wow! v. tempting!

Hasn't voted

Has that ridge been traversed?

Posted Jul 31, 2009 7:39 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: wow! v. tempting!
	Hasn't voted	Based on the warnings not to in the J. Gordon Edwards guide, I'm guessing it has been, but I don't actually know of any successful traverses. I'd love to give it a go one day, though.
		Posted Jul 31, 2009 10:02 pm

Deia

Hasn't voted

wow wow wow 3x wow

Posted Sep 5, 2009 6:20 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: :)
	Hasn't voted	It's even better in person. One must see Glacier to believe it.
		Posted Sep 6, 2009 10:43 am

seth@LOKI

nice

Voted 10/10

article and photo. perfect balance.

Posted Oct 2, 2009 12:31 am


	Bob Sihler	Re: nice
	Hasn't voted	Thanks, Seth, for checking out both. I appreciate it.
		Posted Oct 2, 2009 8:00 pm

mills

Superb

Hasn't voted

Great photo title and description, now I`ll just have to put my jaw back ! gobsmacking.

Posted Dec 5, 2009 4:20 am


	Bob Sihler	Re: Superb
	Hasn't voted	Thanks. This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to.
		Posted Dec 5, 2009 11:09 am

photoFREEK

great

Hasn't voted

Is this a sunset or sunrise?

Posted Jan 1, 2010 9:20 pm

photoFREEK

Great shot

Hasn't voted

Sorry I saw the (dawn) after I submitted, where do you access this shot, logan pass?

Posted Jan 1, 2010 9:22 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: Great shot
	Hasn't voted	You can get there from Logan Pass or from The Loop, which is west of the pass on GTTS Road. It's longer but easier from Logan Pass-- about 8 miles with moderate elevation changes along the Highline Trail. About a mile east of Granite Park Chalet, there is a trail that ascends the Garden Wall to overlook Grinnell Glacier. This view is from a scramble above that overlook, but the trail view is very similar.
		Posted Jan 2, 2010 5:35 pm

winemanvan

wow

Voted 10/10

whoa dude that's awesome!

Posted Feb 16, 2010 4:39 pm


	Bob Sihler	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	Thanks-- I really liked your Goddard Ice and Ionian Basin shots myself. The former had me thinking it looked like something out of the Antarctic.
		Posted Feb 16, 2010 8:42 pm


	winemanvan	Re: wow
	Voted 10/10	Thanks. I'm heading back out there this summer. The Ionian Basin is one of the most beautiful and remote areas in the Sierras. Well worth the effort.
		Posted Mar 2, 2010 10:46 am