The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-21
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H4ZaH HOEH

lake, the view OF this mountain. of Backfeet gla,
cier. of Citadel Reynolds. and Fusilade mountains
and OF the heights about Gunsight pass far beyond
Is most impressive,
While inger here marvellng at the upside
down" waterfall the vivid colors OF the mountains
and the ice-green lake spread feet. the
sharp peak Fusiade is yelled by clouds that
pour swiftly over and about the nearer heights.
and away up there a snowstorm is raging For
it is rain however, and driven to shelter We crowd
into the cabin of the launeh and hustle back St
Mary camp.
From ST Mary camp the automobile road has
just been extended some 20 miles to Many-Glacier
camp Lake McDermott This place, in itself
fine enough, is the headquarters from which
make short trips to some OF the parks greatest
attractions-Mo Eagle falls. Cataract creek
Swift Current pass and most wonderful of all. Ice
berg lake This little body OF e1qusitely blue va
ter is almost wholly surrounded by serrated
splintered ridges that tower 5000 feet above its
surface On kind OF shelf lies what is left OF the
ancient glacier that scooped out this basin ages
ago and from its edges icebergs large and small
are continually breaking on to go floating lazy
about in the lake. Iceberg lake is the habitat Of
the polar trout discovered by Hoke Smith. who
says they have fur instead OF scales
Now back to the Glacier Park hotel for mail and
a little rest, for seeing the park in a lazy,
leisurely fashion. And what next? Well. suppose
give at least one day to Two Medicine lake. a
region that for sheer beauty can hold its own
with any in the park. The trip is made by stage
in about three hours. and on the way up the lovely
valley tie up the horses and are led through
the forest to the Trick falls Here in high water
times Two Medicine river punges over the edge
OF a OF rocks down among huge boulders,
but in the dry 1t drops into a hole above
and emerges quietly through cavern In the
rocky wall. The mountain that especially dom
mates Two Medicine lake is Rising Wolf. and 1t is
almost handsome Going to-the-Sun Here
too. is another OF those delightful chalet camps
and what with the view the food and the air. II Is
hard to tear ones self away from 1t.
best thing they do is to go to st. Mary's camp
again, and from there by trail to Red Eagle lake.
three hours distant. This beautiful green lake
only a mile long and half a mile wide. is from 200
to 500 feet deep, and fairly swarms with cut
throat trout, while In the streams that flow into
and out OF It the Dolly Warden trout is found In
great numbers These fish good fighters and
the angler who gets his hook and under
takes to yank 1t from It's ce-cold home has task
shallow water In front of the camp the fisherman
often rides out on horseback to deeper water and
there. still astride his steed casts for the trout
The first time you sit horse and try to land
a ten-pound cut-throat you will forget there is
anything else earth except that little lake
rounded by dozen magnificent mountains that
horse and that trout.
Being still somewhat averse to strenuous exer
else, we are going to board the train at Gla
cier Park station and ride luxuriously over the
continental divide. In itself trip we'll worth TAX