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May 23rd, 2025
A team of dedicated Rangers and myself were taking time to walk a trail that we intended to guide visitors on. The purpose was to take notes and make mock stops where we could explain or showcase something to any future hikers. None of us expected to see such a sight before us.
St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park is also known as the Lakes Walled Inside, named by the Blackfeet people for the dramatic mountains that surround the lake like a wall. The unique geography of St. Mary also makes it an amphitheater. As soon as the snow began to tumble, the cacophony had surrounded us.
Depending on the size of the slide, the sound was a soft as a whisper or as loud as a freight train all around you.
Despite having poor snowpack, a winter storm had fallen a few nights prior and all that was needed to trigger the avalanches were some high temperatures. 65F seemed to be the ticket.
Thankfully, the slides were miles away, with the closest being about a mile and leading to a runout that was too flat to reach us. Still, it was just close enough to marvel at and contemplate the power of the place I was in.
Captured with my Samsung Galaxy 22 with 10X zoom and cropped to fit FA's guidelines ( sorry for the digital grain :C )
A team of dedicated Rangers and myself were taking time to walk a trail that we intended to guide visitors on. The purpose was to take notes and make mock stops where we could explain or showcase something to any future hikers. None of us expected to see such a sight before us.
St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park is also known as the Lakes Walled Inside, named by the Blackfeet people for the dramatic mountains that surround the lake like a wall. The unique geography of St. Mary also makes it an amphitheater. As soon as the snow began to tumble, the cacophony had surrounded us.
Depending on the size of the slide, the sound was a soft as a whisper or as loud as a freight train all around you.
Despite having poor snowpack, a winter storm had fallen a few nights prior and all that was needed to trigger the avalanches were some high temperatures. 65F seemed to be the ticket.
Thankfully, the slides were miles away, with the closest being about a mile and leading to a runout that was too flat to reach us. Still, it was just close enough to marvel at and contemplate the power of the place I was in.
Captured with my Samsung Galaxy 22 with 10X zoom and cropped to fit FA's guidelines ( sorry for the digital grain :C )
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