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Floral Park Traverse

Scenes from a late summer excursion of Glacier National Park's Floral Park Traverse, a nearly 20-mile trek starting at Logan Pass, down to Hidden Lake, through the alpine meadows of Floral Park, over Sperry Glacier and Comeau Pass, past Sperry Chalet and finishing at Lake McDonald Lodge. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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Clements Mountain at sunrise in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Easterly views of sunrise from Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Reynolds Mountain at sunrise in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A mountain goat grazes over Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sunrise over Going-to-the-Sun Mountain in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sunrise over Hidden Lake and Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sunlight streams around Reynolds Mountain and over Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Clements Mountain is reflected in Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Trees, Reynolds Mountain and Dragons Tail are silhouetted at sunrise in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A hover fly alights on an arnica blossom in Glacier National Park near Hidden Lake on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
View of Hidden Lake and surrounding peaks in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Hikers approach a ridge line near Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A cairn along the Floral Park Traverse route in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Krummholz in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Floral Park, Mary Baker Lake, Sperry Glacier and surrounding peaks in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Floral Park in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A hiker navigates rocky terrain and glacial melt pools below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rock formations below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Meltwater pools below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Flowers and moss grow beside a glacial melt pond below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Glacial melt pond below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blocks of ice at the foot of Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
An ice and snow cavern at the foot of Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Water drips off ice and snow at the foot of the Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
An icy cavern inside Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
An ice wall inside Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The entrance to an ice cavern in Sperry Glacier frames Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Ice and rocks on Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Water drips off ice and snow at the foot of the Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A dried-up mud puddle near Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024.Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A cable is mounted to cliffy section of the trail to Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono| Flathead Beacon
Water pours over a mossy rock face in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Trail to Comeau Pass in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sunset through the trees along the trail to Sperry Chalet Glacier National Park on Sept. 7, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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