Kiefer Thomas wrote:ExcitableBoy wrote:One of the most frightening things I have seen in the mountains was a moulon on the Muir Snowfield. It was perfectly round, as large as a manhole, a hundred feet deep with a large river running under the snowfield. Falling in would be a cold, frightening death.
I've never heard of moulon's before. And after researching these, my GOD! I don't ever want to see one!
I marked the heck out of that thing with wands cossed in an X fashion all the way around. If someone were to fall in and no one saw their fall, their death would always be a mystery. Maybe their body would pop out in Pebble Creek some time later. Probably be rather preserved as the temps would be close to freezing or below freezing year round. OK, I've been watching too much Bones...
Wow, weird. I've never seen one (nor do I recall ever having heard of one), but I've had dreams of encountering just such a feature! I'll be up there again this August, and maybe even in June also. Now that I know there really ARE such things, I'm going to be watching each step like a kid walking through the forest in the dark!