Gabrielle - Naturalist Guide 🌱 on Instagram: "Have you ever seen a glacial moraine? It's possible you have, but just never knew what you were looking it. Many of California's landscapes have been shaped by glaciers and moraines are comon at higher elevations and in the Eastern Sierra. A moraine is basically a landform built by a glacier. As glaciers move, they act like slow bulldozers, pushing rocks, sand, and debris along with the ice. When the glacier melts back, it leaves those piles behind.

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Drone view of the river in the glacier valley. View of the moraines. Landscape from the air. River on a moraine. Landscape from drone.

Timed Entry Vehicle Reservations are required in certain parts of Glacier National Park this summer, until September 28, 2025. The demand for Timed Entry Vehicle Reservations exceed the supply, but there are several options if you are not able to secure a reservation: • You can enter before 7 am or after 3 pm – the park is open 24 hours a day! • You can visit an area of the park that doesn’t require a reservation, including: Apgar Village (before the vehicle checkpoint), Two Medicine, and the Ea

Glacier Facts: Lesson for Kids