Today - St. Mary Lake. This beautiful, glacial blue lake in Montana is one of the most perfect settings imaginable On three sides it is surrounded by the steep Rocky Mountains, and on its eastern shore it gives way to rolling prairie and forested hills. The lake is part of Glacier National Park, in northern Montana. Fed by snowmelt from the surrounding mountains, St. Mary Lake is exceptionally clear, not to mention quite cool throughout the summer. This lake lies on the eastern side of the Continental Divide that runs through Glacier National Park. Most of the rain from prevailing westerlies falls on the western side of the Divide, so the eastern part of the park is in the mountains rain shadow and is therefore more arid. Winds blowing down from the mountains are almost a permanent feature here, making boasting on the lake a turbulent experience. St. Mary Lake is a popular camping and recreation area. Hiking trails beginning at the lake lead up into some of the most scenic, uplifting landscape in the park. The lake itself has great fishing with lake trout, rainbow trout, cut-throat trout and whitefish.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:34:32 +0000
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