Many Glacier. Where have the glaciers gone?

When they first suggested establishing this National Park there were 150 glaciers. In 1850 there were 100 but today there are 20 and some of them are very small. In less than 20 years, possibly 10 there will be no glaciers remaining.
It is a beautiful park and today we explored the Many Glacier section of the park. This is considered by some to be the very heart of the park
We drove back to where we were yesterday afternoon and filmed the same reflections at a different time of the day.

                                                   Stunning views at any time of the day

We did a major walk going down a large canyon where a glacier would have flowed not all that long ago. It was not a difficult walk but was a long one!
At every turn of the track were mountains above us, the colours of the vegetation and along the way waterfalls, lakes and wildlife.

                                        It was morning but the moon was over the mountain

Gail walking through the Aspen. This is the predominant species and provides the yellow colours. It is a new forest , a regrowth after the fire of 1963. Things grow at a slow pace in this harsh environment

We finally reached Fishercap Lake and had a brief stop as we had a long way to go

                                            One of the many squirrels that we came across

At the Redrock Falls. Low water levels at this time of the year but after the snow melts this area is a raging torrent. The falls were very pretty.
We pushed on as we were half way to the end of the canyon. We were tired!

The glaciers were in the distance. These would have joined the main glacier.

At long last we approached the end of the canyon and after that it was another 7 days to cross the mountains. In distance we were very close to the Going To The Sun road.

                                                Rob negotiating one of the creek crossings
On the way back the decided not to do a long hike tomorrow. We still had to drive the Going To The Sun Road to reach our new accommodation on the other side of the Park.

                            Bear sightings are not common but we had another close encounter.

We just had to keep stopping for these sightings. After the bear it was mountain goats

To finish with over dinner we reflected on how important vowels are in our language,as one does!
An a or an e can make a world of difference as is demonstrated in the last two photos.

                                                                Gail and a bear

                                                                 Rob and a beer