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Backpacker Magazine – September 2010
The Peak: Triple Divide Peak, Glacier NP
In Glacier National Park, summit a mountain that feeds three oceans.
Triple Divide Pass.
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Guidebook
A Climber’s Guide to Glacier National Park ($15, falcon.com)
Car camping
Snag a primitive site at Cut Bank Campground for easy trailhead access and Triple Divide views.
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Season to visit
September has crisp, bluebird days and small crowds, but pack extra layers.
Vantage point
Climb Triple Divide Peak’s close neighbor, 9,375-foot Mt. James, from Triple Divide Pass. See views of southern Glacier’s sea of peaks—including Triple Divide—after 2,000 feet of ridgeline scrambling.
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READERS COMMENTS
Thanks for bringing back wonderful memories of a beautiful spot in Glacier! I LOVED the summers I spent working at Johnson's Cafe in St. Mary during college and spending free time hiking the wonders of the park!
I was suprised to hear that the North American triple drainage point (Atlantic, Pacific and Artic Oceans) is in Glacier National Park. The article does mention that another peak in N. America that shares that distinction. When my wife Liz and I visited Jasper N. Park we wre told that Jasper contains the triple drainage point for N. America. It turns out that it depends on whether Hudson Bay is considered a part of the Atlantic or the Artic Oceans!
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