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danger. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but due to high pressure systems over the
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period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris. The U-shaped cross section of the river valleys is a result of recent glaciation. Several glaciers lie on the slopes of Buck
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