In 1927, a tremendous landslide swept down this mountain into the valley below and up the sides of the mountains on the other side. Named the Gros Ventre Slide, it dammed up the river below, creating Lower Slide Lake. In the picture below, you can see where the tree-encrusted portion of land slid away from the mountain above, revealing bare earth (which is currently snow-covered).



From the lake's edge, I watched as a coyote walked across the frozen lake, stopping to gaze curiously at trees sticking out of the ice.