At higher elevation near the south branch of the glacier, remnant patches of snow are still present this time of year. The new snows should start falling within the month.
Another erratic.
The raw breakage of the stone is shown my the acute angles. I remember an engineer I had on a tour many years ago. He walked over to me with two large pieces of stone he had in his hands and then told me his credentials. This man was very awed by the destructive power of these glaciers. This is all granite.
Rocks, boulders, sand, supported up on ice pedestals. The material insulates the ice immediate to it; the ice around it melts away.
A lesser lateral moraine along the west edge of the glacier. Beautiful design on mother nature.
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