Bird Woman Falls is a 492 feet (150 m) waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 located immediately west of the continental divide

Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...

 in Glacier National Park, Montana

Montana

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, United States

United States

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. The falls are readily visible from a distance of two miles (3.2 km) along the Going-to-the-Sun Road

Going-to-the-Sun Road

Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road through the heart of Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. It was completed in 1932, and it is the only road that crosses the park, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. A fleet of 1930s red tour buses "jammers", rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane...

, which bisects the park east to west. The falls are fed by snowfields and a remnant glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 located on the north and west flanks of Mount Oberlin

Mount Oberlin

Mount Oberlin is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Oberlin is just northwest of Logan Pass. Below the summit to the northwest, water and melting snow off Mount Oberlin lead to the Bird Woman Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in Glacier...

. The falls flow is greatest in late spring and early summer and has been known to almost cease flowing in the autumn.