View of Glacier Gorge
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
View of Glacier Gorge
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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View of Glacier Gorge by Lynn Sprowl.
Glacier Gorge trailhead is where we started on several hikes. Alberta Falls is the easiest, and so very beautiful. Sky Pond, however, was personally challenging. I misread the map and thought another lake was Sky Pond....this is a difficult hike...anyway, to say that I had reached Sky Pond (a pin for my backpack) I had to do it a second time. hahaha
Inspired and enouraged by John Muir, Enos Mills waged a campaign to see these mountains in Colorado protected as a national park, a deed won in 1915.
He was as determined as Muir to see some of America's most scenic vistas set aside as national parks, stating at one point that, "It is important that the remaining scenic areas of the country be at once made into State or National Parks. Fortunately there still are a number of these wild places, but it will require effort to save them. Each Park proposed will have powerful and insidious opposition. The insidious opposition to National Parks will say, ‘There is a feeling in Congress that we should not have any more National Parks at this time’; or, ‘We should wait until present ones are improved.’"
Mills Lake was named for Enos Mills, the accepted "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park.".
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October 27th, 2017
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Comments (12)
Catherine Sherman
Spectacular capture of this beautiful snowy mountain, reflected so beautifully in the pond, Lynn! L/F
Kellice Swaggerty
Wow Lynn! This is splendidly beautiful! And the reflection in the water provides such a wonderful feeling of peaceful tranquility! L/F
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"