A Pleistocene Journey

Violent Geology Road Tours

DEDICATED TO EXPLORING THEMYSTERIES OF THE GLACIL HISTORY OF STEVENS COUNTY WASHINGTON

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2891 elevation Reicker mtn. NW of Blue Creek as seen from 395. The ice was moving from right to left and formed this mountain by overriding it by several hundred feet. This is an ice-plucked southern side. (Ctsy Norm Lehrman)
The top picture shows a waning Icelandic glacier. It is a good illustration of ice ramped onto the foothills. The lower picture, also from Iceland, illustrates an “island” in the ice. It is reminiscent of Greenbluff, Spokane County

A great depiction of how moraines are formed. Ice pushes up debris and then when the glacier ceases to move, it leaves these landforms behind.
3980 elevation Paradise Peak West of Colville. It was overriden by at least several hundred feet of moving glacial burden to grind it into this sloping form (ctsy Norm Leherman)
Granite mountains at Walker’s Prairie, along Hwy 231, illustrating Ice age forming of their lower flanks
Mountains formed at their flanks by glacial action. The ice was forced into this dead-end valley by the mass moving in the foreground area. Picture taken from Hafer Road, looking across 395. Wrights mountain on the Right.
The Deer Park Plain. The water came from the upper right of the picture and created this open area, then the same outburst flood also backwashed from the bottom of the picture to fill it is with silt.

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