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Granite Peak presents a climbing challenge

Remote and majestic, Granite Peak is all a mountain should be: sheer walls on all sides and crevassed glaciers flowing from its upper reaches present an awesome sight. At 12,799 feet, the mountain stands out as the patriarch of “the roof of Montana,” the Beartooth Range of the south-central part …
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
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The promise of the equinox

On about Dec. 21, the occasion of the winter solstice, the sun takes a brief respite on the tropic of Capricorn at 23 1/2 degrees south latitude. Then it begins its six month odyssey north for a rendezvous with the tropic of Cancer at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

The promise of the equinox

On about Dec. 21, the occasion of the winter solstice, the sun takes a brief respite on the tropic of Capricorn at 23 1/2 degrees south latitude. Then it begins its six month odyssey north for a rendezvous with the tropic of Cancer at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO