Tag: Glacier

Swiftcurrent Valley, day 5, mind

mountain range silhouette
Looking West, about 15 miles East of Grinnell Point (seen here decently left of center…very center is Swiftcurrent Mountain and the Swiftcurrent Firetower). Mt Wilbur is tallest on right.

Swiftcurrent Valley’s remoteness and its towering mountains make me feel small on our large planet Earth.

And then i recenter and realize while Earth seems large, when you start accepting the science on how large the cosmos is, it’s an awakening.

Ever driven from Philly to Seattle? It took me a week the first time.

Now imagine traveling at light speed and it takes 100,000 light years to go end to end in our Milky Way.

And Our Milky Way galaxy (in my simplist understanding) is simply a flake of dust in the greater cosmos space.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 4, mind

mountain lake
Grinnell Point, center. To its right is Swiftcurrent Valley. To its left is Many Glacier Valley. Photo taken from Swiftcurrent Valley’s Fishercap Lake.

Swiftcurrent Valley features:

  1. Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and Cabins
  2. Swiftcurrent Pass Trail
  3. Iceberg Lake Trail
  4. Ptarmigan Tunnel Trail
  5. Fishercap Lake

Many Glacier Valley features:

  1. Many Glacier Hotel (Lodge)
  2. Grinnell Point
  3. Grinnell Glacier Trail
  4. Grinnell Lake Trail
  5. Piegan Pass Trail
  6. Cracker Lake Trail
  7. Swiftcurrent Lake

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 3, mind

two hikers at Glacier trailhead
Could be 2022 with Jody Maberry. This was my test to tackle and overcome “Devil’s Elbow.” Btw, it was insanely insignificant.

What is challenging, perhaps mind-boggling, to believe?

The fact that 53 years have passed since my first visit to Swiftcurrent Motor Inn (and Glacier National Park).

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 2, mind

Many Glacier Hotel
Glacier National Park (GNP). Yes, it’s this beautiful.

Swiftcurrent Valley is so close to Many Glacier Valley, i don’t even know why they are called separate things.

So here’s some insight from the above photo.

Many Glacier Hotel is in the foreground, and everything out of sight on the left is Many Glacier Valley. Everything (repeat, everything) in the photo above is the Swiftcurrent Valley, including the signature Mt Wilbur.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 1, mind

couple next to large stuffed bear
Kalispell, Montana airport, also known as Glacier Park International Airport. Summer 2019. An annual arrival tradition.

Wheels up 6:40 AM.

Glacier National Park.

Farewell tour 2026.

First week in Swiftcurrent Valley.

Note The Many Glacier Valley is a stone’s throw from Swiftcurrent Valley. Talk about awesome.

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