Sunday, August 31, 2014

The pictures!

 My first day in Glacier NP. This greeted me as I drove into the park. The sound was amazing.
 Mt. Reynolds from Logan Pass. This is a class 3-4 mountain. This means there is a lot of hand hold climbing and some precarious situations. It was around 9500+ ft. Not much but the rock walls are straight up. All of the mountains in Glacier were carved by glaciers.
 A view before the pass up Mt. Reynolds.
 The view from Mt. Reynolds on the opposite side. This is called the Dragon's Tail I believe.
 A selfie on the edge of some class 3 rock. A false move would surely bring broken bones.
 This view shows the steepness of Mt. Reynolds. Lots of talus and scree. A mess to climb up.
 A view into Logan's Pass. These mountains are amazing.
 Another selfie on Mt. Reynolds. Yes I took video of the climb. I will hopefully upload the video of the strong winds. 30-40 mph gusts and maybe more. Hard to stand up in a few places.
 The view from Mt. Reynolds towards Jackson Glacier. They say these will all be gone by 2030.
 My hike toward Iceberg Lake the next day. I found another hiker on his own and we hiked together. When I stumbled upon him we ran into bears. I did not have my camera ready for that, but he told hem he would send me some pictures of the black bears. I saw a mother and one cub. My newly found hiking companion stated there was another cub as well.
 More pictures of glacier cut mountains on the way to Iceberg Lake. It was an 11 mile hike round trip.
 The remains of the glacier in Iceberg Lake. And yes those are icebergs floating in the lake. We met a ranger out there that said in another year or so there won't be any more icebergs in the lake and it will depend upon winters.

 My hiking companion took my picture. Yes that is bear spray hanging off my chest pack. $40 I didn't use but it was good insurance.
 Pictures of some icebergs in the lake.
 A full shot of Iceberg Lake. WOW!
The ass of the baby bull moose sticking out on the trail. No way around it by try to slip past it's butt. It's butt was at least 6 1/2 feet tall. We waited but he was eating something good and there was no way around. I tried to slip past but it spooked him and he turned on me. 

 As I got past he popped out and started to head toward me. I stopped taking pictures and ran up hill behind a tree.
 This is him again as my hiking partner passed him. He was pissed again that his eating was interrupted.
 CHARGE! Yes he ran after us down the trail a bit. We both went up hill and behind trees. He only went like 20 feet and I think what he was eating was calling his name. Remember this is still a baby moose. I would hate to have run into a full grown one.
 Old farmhouse on the way up to the North Dakota high point.
 Me on top of the North Dakota high point. No rain yet. The rain gear was for keeping the millions of mosquitoes off of me.

 I came over the hill and saw Devil's Tower. I was about 10 miles away with this picture. It sent chills down my spine. It is out there all on its own. No wonder Close Encounters of the Third Kind used this as a back drop. It is very spooky.
Close up view of Devils Tower. And no I was not about to climb it. Still worn out from my other climbs.

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