Mount Grinnell is a massive, rocky peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, rising abruptly to 8,851 feet in the Many Glacier region. Named after explorer and conservationist George Bird Grinnell, the mountain is flanked by Swiftcurrent Lake and Lake Josephine. The Many Glacier area is frequented by grizzly bears and offers spectacular vistas of rough-hewn mountains, stair-stepping waterfalls, and an abundance of wildflowers.
Though it’s somewhat out of the way,
I try to visit Many Glacier whenever I tour the park. Just last September,
Desiree and I spent part of a day there. While there, we both took dozens of
photographs. Late last week, we started piecing together a new jigsaw puzzle
someone gifted us. The puzzle, as it turns out, is a photograph of Grinnell
Peak.
“You know,” I told Desiree as we were
staring at the puzzle in progress, “I have a picture of nearly the same view on
my phone from our trip last fall.”
After a little scrolling, I found the
image on my phone. Working on a puzzle with a subject adds another pleasurable
dimension to the task.
After finding the image of the peak
on my screen, I placed my phone on the table and had Desiree take a photograph
of it. I am sharing that photograph here today.
Good stuff, this.
—Mitchell Hegman
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