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 Park Ranger Claire Landry has been helpng visitors understand the wonders of Glacier National Park for over 30 summers. Much of that time has been spent amid the peaks and flower filled meadows of Logan Pass. Is it any wonder he keeps coming back year after year.
Spring in Glacier brings melting snows and rain. The combination makes the rivers and streams swell to capacity. Visitors to the park drive along a constantly changing McDonald Creek. One minute it presents a calm multicolored ribbon of water and the next, a torrent of white foam that forcefully illustrates the power of moving water.

The U-shape of the McDonald Valley tells us of its glacial past. Ice Age glaciers, filling the valley with thousands of feet of ice, scoured and quarried the hillsides to form the rounded bottom seen today. Smaller tributary glaciers filled the side canyons as well. Many left behind small hanging valleys that also have the classic U-shape. Often a waterfall spills from these side canyons, like the 492 foot Bird Woman Falls.
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