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Glacier And Beyond Trip

09/06/2007 to 09/16/2007

We have always wanted to go to Glacier National Park and figured we had better go before all the glaciers were gone, so we packed our bags and headed north.

Naturally we couldn't stop with Glacier, beautiful as it is. The close proximity to Canada made it easy to head just a bit farther and see Jasper National Park and revisit Banff.

Coming back south we made a return visit to Devils Tower and Custer National Park before crossing into Minnesota to see friends and family.




09/06/2007

We arrived at Glacier National Park in the early afternoon so we drove around the park a bit and picked an easy hike before checking into our room.

Avalanche Lake Trail is a quick 4 mile round trip that meanders up and down a little bit before ending at the lake which is fed by several small waterfalls.



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Our cabin was in West Glacier a stones throw from the entrance
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Avalanche Creek is very pretty as you can see
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Lots of trees along the path
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Avalanche Lake - the color is just unbelievable
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You can see a lot of the trees still in the lake from the last avalanche
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There are 4 falls along that range of rock feeding into the lake
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The rock formation here is pretty amazing
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This Steller's Jay was quite the poser, and quite loud




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