Good Views and a Fire Lookout, Too!

Glacier National Park has always been synonymous in my mind with rain.  From my experience, “Partly Cloudy” means “Pouring Rain All Day”.  However, on our last trip to the park, Glacier redeemed itself: although it did rain two of the three days we were there, it never downpoured, and we never got soaked while trying [...]

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Nevada’s Only Glacier

Nevada has only one glacier.  I’ll admit that I didn’t think it had any, although the state does have a few mountain ranges running though it.  The one-and-only is situated below Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in Great Basin National Park.  Many mountain enthusiasts come every year to climb this peak, while many others come [...]

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Southernmost Glacier in the US

Not far from I-70 near Idaho Springs in Colorado lies a small lake.  That’s nothing terrifically exciting, as Colorado has lots of small lakes, but the exciting thing about this destination is the glacier that rises above the lake.  St. Mary’s Glacier holds the title of the US’s southernmost glacier, and well into June determined [...]

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