Google maps rule
Jul. 31st, 2008 12:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cryowizardThey have added terrain option to the maps so you could see the proper relief maps with elevations, peaks, mountain passes and, most importantly, well-known hiking trails.
This caused a bit of a nostalgia and I looked up the fantastic trip to Glacier National Park in Montana LK, LT and I did back in 2003. We crossed Triple Divide Pass, stayed at Morning Star Lake and then crossed Cut Bank Valley to climb Pitamakan Pass.
This caused a bit of a nostalgia and I looked up the fantastic trip to Glacier National Park in Montana LK, LT and I did back in 2003. We crossed Triple Divide Pass, stayed at Morning Star Lake and then crossed Cut Bank Valley to climb Pitamakan Pass.
Pitamakan Pass on the terrain map
And this is the real deal (shot below the pass, from a switchback on the way up. Note the two lakes.
And finally from the other side of the pass itself:
