Running Eagle Falls
by Robert Bales
Title
Running Eagle Falls
Artist
Robert Bales
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This is a wonderful falls to visit while in Glacier National Park!!
The trailhead for Running Eagle Falls is located 1.1 miles west of the Two Medicine entrance station.
Running Eagle Falls, also known as �Trick Falls�, flows off the river between Two Medicine Lake and Lower Two Medicine Lake.
The waterfall receives its nickname, "Trick Falls", because there are actually two separate waterfalls in the same location. During the spring run-off water rushes over the top ledge for a 40-foot drop, while obscuring the lower falls. However, by late summer, after the upper falls has dried up, water continues to rush through a sink hole at the top of the cliff before flowing out of an opening in the cliff face, thus creating the lower 20-foot falls.
Towering prominently above the falls is 9513-foot Rising Wolf Mountain, which is named after the first white man to live with the Blackfeet Indians. Hugh Monroe, who was married to Sinopah, received his Indian name as a result of his habit of getting out of bed in the morning on his hands and knees, thus resembling a wolf.
The waterfall is named after Pitamakan, or Running Eagle, a female warrior leader of the Blackfeet Nation in the early 1700s who experienced a four-day vision quest in the mountains high above the falls. Running Eagle led war parties on many highly successful raids, and was the only woman in the Blackfeet tribe ever to do so, or to be given a man's name.
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October 8th, 2014
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #8 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Christopher for the information and I will visit the site!! Thanks for the wonderful discussion!!
Kay Brewer
Robert, this is a fabulous find and even better capture! Congratulations on reaching over 1000 well-deserved views! l/f
Marcus Dagan
Robert if ever a life was blessed by beauty! You have seen some amazing gifts of nature, I thank you for sharing them. This is absolutely gorge(eous)
Beverly Guilliams
Gorgeous Capture, Robert................v./f....Looks like a very Peaceful Place....
Bob and Nadine Johnston
Congratulations Your work was chosen to be Featured in ALL SEASONS LANDSCAPES, out of over 33,200+ images that have been submitted to the Group. Thank your for your participation, Bob