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Summertime views last shared during the winter

I’ve shared these views before, but I usually do so in the winter, to show the snowpack. I thought it might be interesting to a few people to see what these views look like in the late summer when there aren’t 4-6 feet of snow on the ground. 

A very large number of people, when they think of Montana, get a false impression that this state is normally cold. That is true in January and February, but during the summer, it gets quite hot, which is great because it causes plants and wildlife to flourish.

Logan Pass, looking south

This is from Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, facing south. The last time I shared this view, it was in the middle of winter and the trees in the foreground were totally buried in snow. Those trees are at least 15-20 feet tall, which gives a good idea of how deep the snow gets. This location is at an altitude of 6646 feet, and yes, that is snow that can be seen at the bottom of the ridges in the background. The snow almost never melts here, owing to the amount of yearly snowfall, the altitude, and the angle that sunlight hits the ground.

Many of the glaciers in Glacier National Park have been growing larger for the past several years of increased yearly snowfall, as has been happening elsewhere, such as in Alaska.

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Written by Rex Trulove

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    • I like all three, but I’d probably say the third one if I could still hike around like I used to. I’d enjoy walking through the dense underbrush, just to see what I could see. The picture captures how wild it is and how rugged it is. Two Medicine is a gorgeous place and yet the picture shows how deceptive the distance is. Some of the trees in the picture are a lot larger than the picture makes them appear to be.

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