Winter in Glacier

Winter has come to Glacier NP. I was there last week and it was cold and foggy as all get out above 5500 feet. Logan Pass, where we worked collecting seeds for a few days, got hit with a few inches of snow and ice and was crazy cold and foggy. It was absolutely gorgeous though and I sadly missed out on what would have been a few amazing pics of the slowly descending fall colors. Glacier sure is purty.

glacier for play

These pics are from glacier when pops came out to visit.

glacier for work

These pics are from a 9-day hitch I did in Glacier. We built several "turnpikes" on a couple of trails. One is pictured below. They are put into build a trail back up after erosion. There are also some pics of our campsite and one of some grizz, a sow and two yearling cubs, off in the distance.

Glacier with and without mama bear

Margaret Lake, Hungry Horse Reservoir, and others

Bond Lake

These pics are from the Bond Lake region, which is on the east side of the northern part of the Swan Valley. It was a backcountry hitch. So, we had to pack in all of our gear, food, and tools. It was an intense hike. What made this hitch cool though, was that a lot of the land we were working on had, until recently, been covered in snow. This meant that the wildflowers, which we had not seen in such numbers since june in the lower altitude areas, were blooming like crazy. These are just a few pics of the many flowers I saw. Also, some bees on some poop and an oddly dark picture of the lake we were camped on that was taken during the day.