Hyalite Canyon
Every day I'm a day closer to getting back out to Montana. Here's a few photos from a hike I took last summer up to Hyalite Canyon, in the Gallatin Range south of Bozeman. The rocks you see are Eocene-aged volcanics, part of the Absaroka-Gallatin Volcanic Field. Further down in the canyon, there are also metaigneous basement rocks exposed. I collected an amazing three-dimensional folded granite gneiss there. But up at this elevation, I wasn't collecting anything (so I wouldn't have to carry it back down):
Nice wildflowers up there. This is in July:
And here's the view hiking back down the canyon to the car:
It's a classic U-shaped valley, the signature of alpine glacial topography. Here's the Google Maps "terrain" view of this valley:
Labels: glacial landforms, montana, volcano
4 Comments:
Great countryside and photos. The photos remind me of parts of Yellowstone; I hope to get up that way later this summer.
Wonderful fotos of a beautiful landscape! Fantastic!
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