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Lake McDonald Panoramas
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Lake McDonald the Turquoise Jewel of the park
At Ten Miles Long and about 250 feet deep it is the largest of the
Lakes of Glacier NP. Lake McDonald is the deepest depression of
the park, the lowest elevation is about 3,000' feet. The peaks
around the lake aren't close to the highest in the Park yet with a
relief of 3,000' to 7,500' to 8,000' that's alot of Elevation.
Lake McD' is first encountered when one enters the park on the West
Side. In my opinion Lake McD' has the most spectacular Forests
in the Park, although in 2003 much of the forests were burned down by
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View from Mt. Brown Lookout. The largest
mountain in the foreground, is the summit of Mt. Brown. To the
left are Stanton, Vaught, Heaven and the Livingston range. |
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Panorama from the High Cliffs of Mount Brown.
NOTE: this panorama has been edited Mount Brown is a wide peak!
Mount Edwards is visible to the left of the picture Guarding Icy
Sperry Glacier. Mount Stanton is visible to the far left with,
Mount Vaught to it's right and Heaven's Peak to the right of that.
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View of Lake McDonald, this was my first panorama
hence the terrible nature of it. The summit of Stanton has been
cut off, behind Stanton is Mt. Vaught. |
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Lake McDonald in all it's Turquoise Grandeur from the
Upper Cliffs of Mount Brown. |
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8,987 |=| Heaven's Peak, This is not from the summit
but rather from the HUGE slab of Rock about 2 football fields long by
1 football field wide. The entirety of the Pinnacle wall is
visible, many of the peaks around Logan's Pass are visible too. |
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8,987' |=| Northern Livingston Range from the
summit of Heaven's Peak, Vulture peak is the Closest Large mountain to
Heaven's Peak. |
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Upper Snyder lake with the Little Matterhorn Towering
over. The lower cliffs of Mount Edwards cast a huge shadow over
the Valley. |
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Falls of water that Drain Mount Brown into Snyder
Lakes. These Falls are not visible from the trail, I hiked up a
large rubble field for a better view and was pleasantly surprised by
this beautiful scene. |
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Small unnamed summit towering above Sperry Chalets, my
first high Alpine experience in Glacier and it scared the shit out of
me. 10 mile long Lake McDonald is visible, along with the high
rocky peaks above Lincoln Lake. |
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7,750' |=| Mount Stanton Pano. Mount Stanton is
one of the First bigger peaks near the western end of the Park. 10
mile long Lake McDonald is visible in it's Humid Valley at the right
of the Pano. Mount Vaught is the nearest peak to Stanton, Sperry
Glacier is visible in it's Icy Rocky valley. Many of the High
peaks around Logan's Pass are barely visible and the high peaks of the
Northern Livingston range are visible as well. |
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Panorama of the High Rocky peaks of Glacier from
Huckleberry Lookout on the extreme west of the park. The
panorama pretty much Extends from the south of the park all the way to
the North of the park. |
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Beaver Chief Falls panorama. Cascading set of
waterfalls that's a thousand feet high that drains Lake Ellen Wilson
into Lincoln Lake. |
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