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Many Glacier. Coordinates: 48°47′51″N 113°39′27″W. Grinnell Point rises to the west of Swiftcurrent Lake. Many Glacier is an area within Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The Many Glacier region is located north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, on the east side of the park. Lake Sherburne is the large lake in the area ...
There are at least 150 named mountain peaks over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in Glacier in three mountain ranges --the Clark Range, Lewis Range, Livingston Range. Mount Cleveland at 10,479 feet (3,194 m) [1] is the highest peak in the park. [2] Many peaks in Glacier National Park have both English and anglicized versions of native American names.
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada—the two parks are known as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,100 km 2) and includes parts of two ...
Ptarmigan Tunnel. The Ptarmigan Tunnel was built in 1930 through the Ptarmigan Wall at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m) in Glacier National Park, near Many Glacier, in Montana, US. The 250-foot (76 m) manmade tunnel allows hikers to avoid a strenuous climb over very steep terrain between Many Glacier and the Belly River valley.
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. Prior to the construction of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, these trails were the ...
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 trail has an altitude gain of just over 1,600 ft (490 m), with the majority of that in the second half of the hike. [7] A view of the Grinnell Glacier after hiking the trail leading to it, in 2012. A view of Grinnell Glacier from the end of the hiking trail in August, 2019 View from Grinnell Glacier Overlook
Mendenhall Glacier (in Tlingit language “ Sít”) is a glacier about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [2] The glacier and surrounding landscape is protected as part of the 5,815 acres (2,353 ha) Mendenhall Glacier Recreation ...