The land of 10,000 glacial potholes

Glacial Lakes is a living record of ancient glacial activity dating 10,000 years back. Eskers, moraines, kames, and kettles form the landscape.

At times it feels like trekking on an alien planet, with illogical topography that was once covered by an ice sheet, bizarre bird life (I kept hearing a bird that moos), and giant lightning bugs that look like white LEDs. Every rock jutting up from the trail encapsulates a piece of geological history.

And if you backpack there, forget digging a hole. Glacial Lakes treats its backpackers like royalty.

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