After a long uphill hike, very long hike (at altitude) up the Hidden Lake Trail, from the Logan Pass Visitor Centerwhich is at an elevation of 6,646 ft. (2,025 m.) the views from the summit of the trail were most interesting, looking up to a major, but rapidly melting glacier. Regrettably, the trail to the lake was closed due to bear or possibly mountain goat activity. What was left undefined was what “bear or mountain goat activity entailed.”
The glaciers, for which Glacier National Park was founded, are fast melting – disappearing. For, after eons of remaining frozen – our actions – yours, and, yes – mine, are helping to create the climate crisis.
Since the Industrial Revolution, the climate of Gaia, our Earth, has been warming slowly. Suddenly, we have started to realize that there are consequences to our actions. To quote Newton: ‘That for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’. The reaction of spewingcarbon dioxide is the climate crisis.
What was most rewarding, was, after the ‘oohing’ and ‘aaahing’ near the summit of the Trail, that, on the descent, not only did we see a mountain goat and her (presumably) calf, but then, just a short while later, to my delight, as I tried diligently to steady the camera – a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (!) Imaged here.