We made the trek up to the glacier lake as a full family this time, and the fall colors were putting on a show. The kids waded along the shoreline while patches of old snow still clung to the peaks above. There’s something about that thin mountain air that makes everyone a little sillier and a lot happier.

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St. Mary’s Glacier
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