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Apikuni Mountain is the one in the distance on left.
And FYI - some geology: The Swiftcurrent Basin drains a westward-dipping sequence of argillite, quartzite, and calcareous rocks of Precambrian age. The younger rocks in the sequence are exposed in the upper basin, whereas the older rocks are near the HBN station. The bedrock is very resistant to weathering and supplies little sediment to the stream. In the upperbasin, Precambrian argillites are varicolored from dark green, gray, pink, to brick red. A series of greenish-gray mafic lava flow deposits lie in the upper basin, near the Continental Divide. Older, interbedded argillites, dolomites, stromatolitic limestones, and quartz arenites are present in the lower part of the basin (Earhart and others, 1990). Tectonic forces thrusted sediments upward from west to east.
The eastern limb of the Akamina Syncline is the predominant structural feature in the basin. Unconsolidated materials on slopes are composed of locally derived, unsorted, angular gravel-sized clasts in a matrix of unsorted sand, silt, and clay (Carrara, 1990). Unsorted, subrounded to subangular, bouldery rubble on the valley floor was deposited as ground moraine by alpine glaciers.
And FYI - some geology: The Swiftcurrent Basin drains a westward-dipping sequence of argillite, quartzite, and calcareous rocks of Precambrian age. The younger rocks in the sequence are exposed in the upper basin, whereas the older rocks are near the HBN station. The bedrock is very resistant to weathering and supplies little sediment to the stream. In the upperbasin, Precambrian argillites are varicolored from dark green, gray, pink, to brick red. A series of greenish-gray mafic lava flow deposits lie in the upper basin, near the Continental Divide. Older, interbedded argillites, dolomites, stromatolitic limestones, and quartz arenites are present in the lower part of the basin (Earhart and others, 1990). Tectonic forces thrusted sediments upward from west to east.
The eastern limb of the Akamina Syncline is the predominant structural feature in the basin. Unconsolidated materials on slopes are composed of locally derived, unsorted, angular gravel-sized clasts in a matrix of unsorted sand, silt, and clay (Carrara, 1990). Unsorted, subrounded to subangular, bouldery rubble on the valley floor was deposited as ground moraine by alpine glaciers.