This illustrates very clearly theformation of this type of glacier. Frequent avalanches of the freshfallen snow tumbled down the slopes to the fans above the glacier, as the risingsun loosened their hold on the rock ledges. 12.-The cliffs of Mount Hungabee at upper end of Paradise Valley,showing expanse of the Horseshoe Glacier. Apassing snow squall has whitened the slopes and old snow banks below the pass.The pinnacles are eroded from the same kind of rock as that forming themassive cliffs of Mount Assiniboine. II.-Pinnacle ^Mountain (10,062 feet ^ 3.067.6 m.) with Sentinel Pass(8,556 feet ^2,608.5 m.) on the left, near the head of Paradise \alley. : Smithsonian InstitutionĬontributing Library: Smithsonian Librariesĭigitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian LibrariesĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.įig.
Title: Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian Institution. Identifier: expeditionsorgan191013191516smit
Image from page 372 of "Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian Institution." (1912)
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