Garden Wall Weather Station, MT

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

Just another day at the office....and what a view!

The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.

For more information on snow and avalanche research performed by the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Glacier National Park, please see:http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/snow_avalanche.htm

Location: Flathead County & Glacier County, MT, USA

Date Taken: 2007

Photographer: Erich Pietzsch, USGS