ADK Adventure Travel to Glacier National Park Montana

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

2. Glacier Institute Accommodations

3. Day 1: Monday 8/10/09 Trail of the Cedars and Avalanche Lake 4.5 miles Elevation gain ~800 ft.

4. Avalanche Lake Glacier Institute Guides Becca and Hilary

5. Day 2: Monday 8/11/09 Firebrand Pass 9 Miles

6. Quaking Aspen Trees We see a group of individual trees but actually an aspen grove is a single organism sharing a single root system.

7. Asters

8. Winds were 40+ miles per hour!

9. Going-to-the-Sun-Road Forest fires are common and a natural part of the ecology.