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lake. the view of this mountain, Of Blackfeet gla-
cier, of Citadel Reynolds. and Fusillade mountains
and OF the heights about Gunsight pass far beyond
Is most impressive.
While we llnger here marveng at the upside
down" waterfall, the vivid colors Of the mountains
and the ice-green lake spread at our feet, the
sharp peak of Fusillade is yelled by clouds that
pour swiftly over and about the nearer heights,
and away up there a snowstorm Is raging. For US
1t is rain, however and driven to shelter crowd
into the cabin of the launch and hustle back to st.
Mary camp.
From st. Mary camp the automobile road has
Just been extended some 20 miles to Many-Glacier
camp on Lake McDermott. This place. In itself
fine enough, is the headquarters from which we
make short trips to some of the parks greatest
MISUNDERSTANDING Eagle falls, Cataract creek,
Swift Current pass and, most wonderful Of all, Ice
berg lake. This little body of exqusitely blue wa
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
continually breaking off to go floating lazily
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 tho Glacier Park hotel for mail and
a little rest, for we are seeing the park In a lazy
lesurely fashion. And what next? Well. suppose
we give at least one day to Two Medicine lake.
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 plunges over the edge
of mass of rocks down among huge bouders;
but in the dry 1t drops into a hole above
and energies more quietly through cavern In the
rocky wall. The mountain that especially domi-
mates Two Medicine lake Is Rising Wolf, and 1t Ia
almost as handsome as Going-tothe-Sun. Here,
too, Is another OF those delightful chalet camps,
and what with the view the food and the air. 1t Is
hard to tear ones self away from 1t.
II there are any real fishermen in our party the
best thing they can do is to go to st. Marys camp
again, and from there by trail to Red Eagle lake.
only mile long and half 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 II the Dolly Warden trout Is found In
great numbers. These fish are good fighters and
the angler who gets one on his hook and under
takes to yank II from it's ice-cold home has task
that delights his soul Since there Is stretch OF
shallow water In front of the camp. the fisherman
often rides out on horseback TO deeper water and
there, still asride his steed, casts for the trout.
The first time you sit on a horse and try to land
a ten-pound cutthroat you will forget there is
anything else earth except that little lake sur
rounded by dozen magnificent mountains. that
horse and that trout
Being still somewhat aversc to strenuous exer-
else, we are now going to board the train az Ga-
cier Park station and ride mxuriously over the
continental diyide In itself trip well worth talk