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Divide Mountain

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Views from the Summits:
Divide Mountain

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

This is a view of Divide Mountain from the shore of St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park.  Wild Goose Island is in the lower right corner of the photo.

Divide Mountain (8,665 feet) is located on the border of Glacier National Park just south of the town of St. Mary.  It is a unique mountain because its summit marks the continental divide between the Artic Ocean (Hudson Bay) and the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico).

The day we climbed Divide Mountain, just when we reached the summit a wall of smoke started pouring in from the west.  A forest fire was blazing in Oregon, and the wind finally took the smoke to Glacier Park.  This was the first "smoke day" of the season, and we did our best to take some photos before it got too hazy.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

This is the final stretch to the summit of Divide Mountain in Glacier National Park.

Views from the Summit

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

Shannon standing on the summit of Divide Mountain, facing the eastern prairie beyond.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

This is a view from the Divide Mountain summit to the west.  You are looking into the Cutbank Area of Glacier National Park.  The tallest mountain in the distance (to the left) is Mount James.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

We really enjoyed our time on the summit of Divide Mountain in Glacier National Park.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

You will hike by an old abandoned lookout tower on the ridge to Divide Mountain.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

This is White Calf Mountain, as you look to the southwest of Divide Mountain.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

This is a view of St. Mary Lake and Going To The Sun Mountain from the summit of Divide Mountain in Glacier National Park.

Divide Mountain, Glacier National Park

Another view of the old abandoned lookout tower along the ridge to Divide Mountain.

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