| Clements Mountain in Glacier
National Park is an example of a horn. An end moraine exists at the base
of the horn. You can see some ice (white) in the photograph behind the
moraine. In this photo, we are looking to the west. The photo was taken
from the trail where the camera is located. The trail is shown on the
map by the thin black, dashed line, just east of the word "Clements."
North on the map is towards the top. On the topographic map, the horn
is symbolized by closely spaced, closed contour lines. The close spacing
shows the steep sides of the horn. Ice is shown to the east of Clements
Mountain on the map; this is the same ice shown in the photo. Close examination
of the topographic map indicates that 3 or 4 glaciers eroded away at this
mountain peak to create the horn: two of these glaciers ultimately flowed
northwards, one flowed to the southeast (we now see Hidden Lake where
this glacier started), and one glacier still exists to the east of Clements
Mountain. |