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.
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| 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 |
| | eric b | Re: Sea of clouds... | |
Voted 10/10 | its poetry (your pic) and no i wouldn't mind if you quoted me without credit! | | Posted Jan 10, 2007 1:18 pm |
| | Bob Sihler | Re: Sea of clouds... | |
Hasn't voted | Well, I did add it in, and I gave you due credit. Thanks again. | | Posted Jan 12, 2007 11:07 pm |
| tuntun | Humm | | 
Voted 10/10 | No words to mention that how wonderful it is.. | | Posted Jan 12, 2007 3:09 pm |
| | Bob Sihler | Re: Humm | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you for yet another very kind comment on a photo of mine. | | Posted Jan 12, 2007 9:56 pm |
| venus | Fantastic!! | | 
Voted 10/10 | Superb shot, colorful and dynamic. | | Posted Jan 19, 2007 9:31 am |
| | Bob Sihler | Re: Fantastic!! | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you! And I very much like your foggy forest picture! | | Posted Jan 19, 2007 1:19 pm |
| | Bob Sihler | Re: Wonderful! | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed them! | | Posted Feb 19, 2007 12:01 am |
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