Park Pic - Glacier LbNA #58920 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 29, 2011 |
| Location: | West Glacier |
| City: | West Glacier |
| County: | Flathead |
| State: | Montana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The Happy-Ness Family  |
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| Found by: | Disney-Fan |
| Last found: | Aug 5, 2011 |
| Status: | Fa |
| Last edited: | Jul 29, 2011 |
If you are visiting Glacier National Park you may see bear, moose, mountain goats, and more! To get to this letterbox head up US Highway 2 toward the West Glacier park entrance. From highway 2 turn left onto Going to the Sun road. You'll go right under the railroad tracks. Head through the little village of West Glacier and over the bridge. STOP! If you're going to go to the park you must have a record of your adventure! Everybody pile out a take a pic in front of the big Glacier National Park sign. Don't get back in your car yet...don't you want to see the river? Walk back toward the bridge but take the little trail to the left down toward the river (just before the start of the bridge). The trail leads you away from the bridge, but wait...now it turns away from that river! grumble, grumble. Oh, but there's an interest cedar on the left, just after the turn. I wonder how all those large holes were made up the trunk of that cedar?
Now take 9 paces (18 steps) further down the path. What a strange snag on the right...it looks as if the tree was torn right off in a storm. Right in the middle of that 6' hollow snag would be a good place for wildlife to hide...hmmmmmm but would a mountain goat fit? Check around the back to see if anything is hiding way deep in the hollow; moving the stick and peeking from the side of the crack may help you see better.
I believe this letterbox is not in the national park. It's planted both outside the sign as well as outside the entry gate where payment is taken to use the park. I'm trying to honor the 'no lb-ing in national parks" rule, but if anyone believes I am mistaken, please let me know! Enjoy!
snag - in forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing, partly or completely dead tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches. (This particular snag may just be a very tall stump.)
Also, we live a long distance away and cannot maintain the letterbox regularly. Please send me a note if you are willing to help with repairs (thanks)!
Now take 9 paces (18 steps) further down the path. What a strange snag on the right...it looks as if the tree was torn right off in a storm. Right in the middle of that 6' hollow snag would be a good place for wildlife to hide...hmmmmmm but would a mountain goat fit? Check around the back to see if anything is hiding way deep in the hollow; moving the stick and peeking from the side of the crack may help you see better.
I believe this letterbox is not in the national park. It's planted both outside the sign as well as outside the entry gate where payment is taken to use the park. I'm trying to honor the 'no lb-ing in national parks" rule, but if anyone believes I am mistaken, please let me know! Enjoy!
snag - in forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing, partly or completely dead tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches. (This particular snag may just be a very tall stump.)
Also, we live a long distance away and cannot maintain the letterbox regularly. Please send me a note if you are willing to help with repairs (thanks)!