Mountain Goats of Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is located in the northwestern Montana, in the northernmost part of the United States of America, adjacent to the Canadian border. I did a post several weeks ago on the Glacier National Park, and it was well liked. I thought I should post a few more pictures and focus on few other aspects of the park. As this park is hard to get to and stunningly pretty, I thought people will appreciate that.

I thought I post a little bit about the Mountain Goats. They are quite abundant throughout the park, but especially common along the Hidden Lake trail from the Logan Pass Visitor Center, along the "Going to the Sun Road". Here is one:

Majestic creatures, aren't they! They dwell in the rock cliffs and frequently seen to climb slope >60 degrees. There are very limited natural predator at this altitude, so they thrive. They have two layers of coat and can withstand temperature as low as -50F and winds upwards of 100 miles an hour!

The colorful rocks are from the Belt Super Group, which are Meso-Proterozoic (about 1400 million years to 1600 million years old) in age. That is very old in North American standard. There was a shallow sea (sort of like Bahama's) there at that time when these sediments were deposited into the Belt Basin. It was the dawn of times :)

Important to note is the scale of this place. Humans are almost insignificant here. Especially when we realize that the entire history of our "civilized" species is only about 40,000 years or so.

Disclaimer: All photographs are my own. Just ask me please if you like to use and share; citing the source is fine. The links are from nps.gov website. I am not associated with or paid by the United States National Park Services. Use your own judgement while re-using their content.