Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Glacier National Park


Athabasca Glacier scree*


Lake Agnes Tea Glacier Lake (above Lake Louise)

Num Ta Jah Lodge, Base of Bow Falls/Bow Glacier on Columbia Ice Field (Stony Plain Indians)


Moraine Lake scree from "moriane" push by glaciers then pulverized



*Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, volcanoes or valley shoulders that has accumulated through periodic rockfall from adjacent cliff faces. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. Talus deposits typically have a concave upwards form, while the maximum inclination corresponds to the angle of repose of the mean debris size.