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Looking into the Swiftcurrent Valley with Windmaker, Bullhead, Red Rock, Fishercap, Swiftcurrent and Sherburne Lakes. Mount Wilbur to our left and further down is Mount Altyn.
An excerpt from a very good article about the 1936 Heaven's Peak Fire: August 31st - By the time Wendell Benson and the rest of his crew get back to the hotel, firebrands are shooting all the way across Swiftcurrent Lake. To Ray Kinley, Altyn Peak looks like a city lit up at night.
In a September 10 report to the NPS Director, Superintendent Scoyen says, "I have never seen as complete a burn-out as occurred in Swiftcurrent Valley. With the exception of a few swampy areas, every green living thing, from the rocks on one side of the valley to the other, has been destroyed." http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/Hi ... storm.html
An excerpt from a very good article about the 1936 Heaven's Peak Fire: August 31st - By the time Wendell Benson and the rest of his crew get back to the hotel, firebrands are shooting all the way across Swiftcurrent Lake. To Ray Kinley, Altyn Peak looks like a city lit up at night.
In a September 10 report to the NPS Director, Superintendent Scoyen says, "I have never seen as complete a burn-out as occurred in Swiftcurrent Valley. With the exception of a few swampy areas, every green living thing, from the rocks on one side of the valley to the other, has been destroyed." http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/Hi ... storm.html