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a zoom shot of that icy look of the snowfields on Heavens Peak; always something I expect and always something that draws my eye. None of the snowfields on the other mountains seem to get that effect. You can see the long waterfall too.
Jack Holterman wrote that the Blackfeet call this peak The Maker Where He Lives Mountain but then stated that he was not aware that Heavens Peak was all that sacred to the Blackfeet people.
The official name was perhaps given by a prospector named “Dutch” Louie Meyer. Other documents cite a map prepared between 1888 – 1890 by Lt. George P. Ahern that notated this peak as Heavens Peak.
Red Bird Mountain was the name provided by Schultz for the park icon named Heavens Peak (8,987 ft. / 2740 m.).
Jack Holterman wrote that the Blackfeet call this peak The Maker Where He Lives Mountain but then stated that he was not aware that Heavens Peak was all that sacred to the Blackfeet people.
The official name was perhaps given by a prospector named “Dutch” Louie Meyer. Other documents cite a map prepared between 1888 – 1890 by Lt. George P. Ahern that notated this peak as Heavens Peak.
Red Bird Mountain was the name provided by Schultz for the park icon named Heavens Peak (8,987 ft. / 2740 m.).