The national parks portfolio . ion to those which sharply differentiate each from every other, the GlacierNational Park shows them in special abundance and unusually happy combina-tion. In fact, it is the quite extraordinary, almost sensational, massing of thesescenic elements which gives it its marked individuality. The broken and diversified character of this scenery, involving ruggedmountain tops bounded by vertical walls sometimes more than four thousandfeet high, glaciers perched upon lofty rocky shelves, unexpected waterfalls ofpecuHar charm, rivers of milky glacier water, lakes unexcell
The national parks portfolio . ion to those which sharply differentiate each from every other, the GlacierNational Park shows them in special abundance and unusually happy combina-tion. In fact, it is the quite extraordinary, almost sensational, massing of thesescenic elements which gives it its marked individuality. The broken and diversified character of this scenery, involving ruggedmountain tops bounded by vertical walls sometimes more than four thousandfeet high, glaciers perched upon lofty rocky shelves, unexpected waterfalls ofpecuHar charm, rivers of milky glacier water, lakes unexcelled for sheer beautyby the most celebrated of sunny Italy and snow-topped Switzerland, and grandlytimbered slopes sweeping into valley bottoms, offer a continuous yet everchanging series of inspiring vistas not to be found in such luxuriance and per-fection elsewhere. And this rare scenic combination is not alone of one valley of the park, butis characteristic of them all; so that it is difficult to single out any part of these. Fholograph by Fred 11. Kiser, Portlatul, Orcaon Climbing the Upper Reaches of the Blackfeet Glacier iifleen hundrea square miles that is more beautiful, more remarkable, or morestrildngly diversified than any other. The Glacier National Park lies in northwestern Montana, abuttini^ theCanadian boundary. It incloses the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountainsat that point; in fact, from one spot, known as the Triple Divide, waters flowinto the Pacific Ocean, Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. It is interesting that Glaciers peculiarly rugged topography is practicallylimited to the parks l)Oundaries. To the north, in Canada, the mountainssubside into low, rounded ridges. To the south and west, though still fine,they lose the quality of majesty. Easterly lie the Plains. The transcontinental railway traveler skirts the park without hint of thesupreme beauty so near at hand. But let him stop at Glacier Park station orat Belton and, after swift rides in auto
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