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The trail runs on a high ridge of the Great Divide here, with a slow melting cornice to the right, cracked, could fall down the cliff. In the distance are Font Mountain (right center) and Mount Matkin (right). Seen looking west-northwest.
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Small meadow in the beautiful fir forest on the way to Lost Lake. Walls capped by the Great Divide are seen ahead.
Endangered whitebark pine high on a Great Divide ridge near Sage Pass. Needles in clusters of five identify this conifer as a whitebark pine. Other conifers are also found here growing in this place of harsh conditions.
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Joan Pendleton
Jul 26, 2022 near Pincher Creek, AB
“The trail runs on a high ridge of the Great Divide here, with a slow melting cornice to the right, cracked, could fall down the cliff. In the distance are Font Mountain (right center) and Mount Matkin (right). Seen looking west-northwest.”  

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The trail runs on a high ridge of the Great Divide here, with a slow melting cornice to the right, cracked, could fall down the cliff. In the distance are Font Mountain (right center) and Mount Matkin (right). Seen looking west-northwest.
Endangered whitebark pine high on a Great Divide ridge near Sage Pass. Needles in clusters of five identify this conifer as a whitebark pine. Other conifers are also found here growing in this place of harsh conditions.
Sage Creek headwaters are in the valley below with gorgeous snowy peaks in the distance. Seen looking southwest from high on the Great Divide on a perfect July day.
Looking west into the Castle River watershed area, on the forested ridge top near the boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park.
Walls of the Great Divide peeping through beautiful fir forest along Castle River Divide Trail.
Directly to the south, Sage Pass, on the Great Divide, is the saddle in the center. The Great Divide continues south on the ridge climbing right, then left from Sage Pass.
Spires of the Great Divide appear through a break in the fir forest on the way to the Castle River watershed divide.
Small meadow in the beautiful fir forest on the way to Lost Lake. Walls capped by the Great Divide are seen ahead.
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