From clumps of spruce, the blue grouse booms out its low-pitched territorial claim. Mountain sheep seek lush feeding places, and the least chipmunk is occupied with his search for food. From spring to fall the spectacle of colour is forever changing. It is a place of unforgettable beauty. Glacier Country Ice from slowly-moving glaciers has carved many of the valleys and peaks of the Rockies giving them their general shape, laying down huge deposits of rock debris and creating river systems with beautiful turquoise lakes.
Toads emerge in spring to court in the melting ice-water.
Young hoary marmots wrestle on the rock ridges. Bird like the loon and Barrow s golden-eye plumb in chilly waters. The glaciers have helped shape the mountains and they helped shape the destiny of plants and animals which live there. River of the Rockies Water is the chief agent of erosion of mountains. Rivers also provide attractive habitats for a remarkable number of creatures.