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Avalanche!
 One
day we all decided to go hike up to Avalanche Lake in Glacier
National Park. The Avalanche Lake trail is steep uphill,
and has very vertical downhill. We tried to be fast
and pass people, while our parents were normal and slow.
At the lake we skipped stones, ate a snack, and enjoyed the
scenery. Our dad said that we should go to the snowfield,
where we had been on a previous hike up to Avalanche Lake.
The only person who didn't want to go was our mom, but since it
was three against one we decided to go. We put our
packs
back on and started toward the snowfield. Before we really
even started, we heard a crack and a sound that roared like
thunder. The rumbling continued to build and began to
sound like the popping of a long roll of firecrackers. We
turned toward the sound and saw snow falling down the mountain.
It looked like a waterfall. We waited until it stopped,
and then continued toward the snowfield. More avalanches
were spotted. "E" thinks one sounded like a
 helicopter.
We didn't go all the way to the snowfield, only to a rocky
beach. A big
avalanche chute was on the mountain across
the lake from us, and we hoped it would slide. We waited
awhile, and then started back down the trail. After we had
gone a bit, we heard a loud roaring. "E" was afraid that
an
avalanche was
coming down at us. "M" thought it was thunder. It
made "E's" heart pound. These were the first avalanches we
had seen in our life, and we saw them at Avalanche Lake
in Glacier National Park.
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