ADK Glacier National Park

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Adirondack Mountain Club Adventure Travel Glacier National Park August 9-16, 2009 by Marianne Hebert

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ADK Adventure Travel to Glacier National Park Montana

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Adirondack Mountain Club Adventure Travel

Glacier National ParkAugust 9-16, 2009

byMarianne Hebert

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Glacier Institute Accommodations

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Day 1: Monday 8/10/09

Trail of the Cedars

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Avalanche Lake 4.5 miles

Elevation gain ~800 ft.

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Avalanche Lake

Glacier Institute Guides

Becca and Hilary

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Day 2: Monday 8/11/09

Firebrand Pass9 Miles

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Quaking Aspen Trees

We see a group of individual trees but

actually an aspen grove is a single organism sharing a single root

system.

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Asters

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Winds were 40+ miles per hour!

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Going-to-the-Sun-RoadForest fires are common and a natural part of the ecology.