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An alpine lake under the Garden Wall
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Fig. 1An alpine lake under the Garden Wall

Landform

Knife-edged sedimentary peaks, hanging valleys, and turquoise lakes left by Pleistocene ice. The Crown of the Continent.

Field note

Going-to-the-Sun Road crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. Saint Mary and McDonald lakes sit in classic U-shaped troughs. The remaining glaciers are small and receding.

Views & peaks

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Stamp each view as you reach it; the plate seals when every one is inked.

A private leaf

Prints from Glacier Country


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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