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 ] | | 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 |
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