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George Engel at Jenny Lake June 1911
Glaciers scooped out wide smooth sections from the mountain
making a circular bowl, or "cirque", in the valley. Water
ponds into lakes in the basin and the train makes another big
loop around Yankee Doodle Lake. At one time a series of snow
sheds were located on the west side of the lake.
From Yankee Doodle Lake the struggle upward continues
with another zigzag around Jenny Lake and then up the face
of the giant peak to Tunnel 32. Known as Needle's Eye. This
tunnel pierces a section of the highest ridge as the railroad
tracks again loop around for the final ascent on the pass summit
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