Thursday, August 18, 2011

Not many glaciers left in Glacier National Park

We had the privilege of driving and hiking in Glacier National Park in NW Montana several days ago.  There were plenty of majestic, snow-capped mountains to behold, but sadly, we learned from the park rangers that only 25 glaciers remain due to climate change (down from 150 a little over a hundred years ago).  We could only see one -- Jackson Glacier.  We had a blast hiking up through snow along a trail to Hidden Lake.  Gorgeous blue.  We hung out with a couple mountain goats while eating a picnic lunch (of yet another PB&J).  The kids and Reid (the big kid) slid down the mountain in the snow.  We spent 2 nights in a historic, western style hotel in Kalispell, Montana.







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