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Avalanche Lake is a 2 miles (3.2 km) hike from the trailhead along the Trail of the Cedars. [3] The trail roughly follows Avalanche Creek, a whitewater creek that drains out of Avalanche Lake and drains into Haystack Creek. [4] When measured in August 1910, the maximum depth of the lake was 63 feet (19 m) near the upper end. [5]
Avalanche Gorge. The Trail of the Cedars is a hiking trail accessible from Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana. [1] The .60-mile (0.97 km) path is paved and has a raised boardwalk in some sections. Some of the cedars visible are over 80 feet (24 m) tall.
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,100 km 2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals.
Known as the "Crown of the Continent," this Montana park contains 200 waterfalls, 700 lakes, and 700 miles of trails. Also: you can walk on a glacier.
Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana.The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that traverses the park, crossing the Continental Divide through Logan Pass at an elevation of 6,646 feet (2,026 m), which is the highest point on the road. [3]
The Glacier National Park Tourist Trails, including the Inside Trail, South Circle Trail and North Circle Trail, were established in Glacier National Park to connect a series of tourist camps and hotels established by the Great Northern Railway between 1910 and 1915.
Avalanche Lake main refer to: Avalanche Lake (Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India) Avalanche Lake (Flathead County, Montana), a lake in Glacier National Park; Avalanche Lake, a lake in Stillwater County, Montana; Avalanche Lake (New York), a lake in the Adirondack Mountains; Avalanche Lake (Washington) in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness
William Howard Taft - U.S. president who signed law creating Glacier, May 11, 1910; Henry L. Stimson - Politician and promoter of creating the park; Promoters. Louis W. Hill, Great Northern Railway; Historic events. History of the National Park Service; Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th ...