[1920s / 30s TRIP TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK HORSEBACK RIDE TO PIEGAN PASS, ICEBERG LAKE]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1920s, 1930s

Description: Dating to the late 1920s or early 1930s, this silent home movie shows a guided horseback trip made by Eastern tourists in Glacier National Park, Montana. At :26 it shows a trip to Iceberg Lake made on horseback. At :52, the Many Glaciers Hotel at Lake McDermott. At 2:02, images of Iceberg Lake, at 2:31 the Moraine on the Glacier. At 3:19, shot of cowboy guide Chet Nixon. At 3:33, a trip over Piegan Pass took all day. At 4:16, Melvin Petersen is mentioned as a guide. At 5:05, Petersen shows off on a horse, standing on the saddle, and showing how he can lie down across the saddle to go to sleep. At 5:46, a shelter where the group stopped to sleep. At 5:56, the top of the Piegan Pass, 7200 feet. At 6:34, "Winter Sports in Summer", include body surfing on the snow. At 7:57, another group of tourists on horseback are shown in the pass. At 8:19, Going to the Sun Mountain and St. Mary's Lake. At 8:36, passing Virginia Falls. At 9:37, a chipmunk poses for the camera, at 10:23 the porch of the Going to the Sun Chalet. At 11;48, an automobile is used to ferry the tourists back to Glacier Park Hotel.