Grand Traverse Peak - Gore Range - August 6, 2005 »  Viewing 5     [Image 4 of 28]  :: Jump To  
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1 * Grand Traverse Peak is the small hump in the middle of the screen. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.44MB)

3 * An unnamed peak of the Gore Range. * 1536 x 2048 * (1.47MB)

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9 * The rocks are ground moraine.  A ground morain is till that was deposited over a valley floor by the bottom of a glacier. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.49MB)

15 * The large mountain in the background on the right is Mt. of the Holy Cross, elevation 14,005 feet. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.31MB)

16 * At mile 3.63 of the hike and after 3,100 feet of vertical gain, you reach Deluge Lake, a glacially-formed esker near 12,800 feet.  The water was extremely cold. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.5MB)

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24 * I believe these formations to be ground moraine that has been covered in grasses. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.47MB)

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