Introduction Gallery 46-02-01 thru 03 - After the 6-DAy RMSP Glacier National Park photo workshop from the 17th -22nd of August, I stayed an extra 3 days and went back to some of the locations we visited during the workshop and photographed some areas that had been recommended by Tim Cooper, our instructor. I started with the Apgar Visitors Center located on the west side of the park, drove up along the Going-to-the-Sun Road to the Loop Trail trailhead and walked a short distance along the trail photographing the many wildflowers in bloom. On the way driving up to Logan Pass, I photographed the cloud-shrouded U-shaped glacial valleys located below along the McDonald Creek Valley. The next morning, I hiked the Trail of the Cedars and reshot the waterfalls located along Avalanche Gorge when there wasn’t so much of a crowd this time. That evening, I was able to get some sunset reflection shots along the shoreline of McDonald Lake. The next day I started early and drove up to Logan Pass and spent the morning hiking the trail behind the Visitor Center as the morning fog started to burn off and got some more waterfall shots. There was a herd of Mountain Sheep wandering in the parking lot, which provided some close-up shots. I stopped at the Red Rock Pool on my way back and got some landscape shots.

Introduction Gallery 46-02-04 thru 06 - I got to go back to Glacier National Park in September for 3 days upon my return trip from Canada after the 17th-22nd Canadian Rockies Photo Workshop that was based out of Banff while driving back to the USA. I had to stay on the west side of the park as the Going-to-the-Sun Road was closed beyond Logan Pass for paving and road maintenance. On my return way thru Radium Springs, Canada, I got some pictures of Mountain Sheep right in town at the local golf course. Seems they graze on the fairways, and nobody seemed to mind. The next day after checking in to a Lodge on the west side of the Park, I got an early start and got some sunrise shots along the south shoreline of McDonald Lake and that afternoon, I booked the Red Bus Tour starting from the McDonald Lake Lodge, which gave me an overview of the scenic areas and the history of the park. The third day I headed back up Logan Pass, but it was fogged in at the top, so I slowly headed back to McDonald Lake and got some good sunset shots along the shoreline. It was a long shot adding Glacier National Park to my return trip from the Canada workshop; but as it turned out, the crowds and traffic were sparse because the only road thru the park was closed for maintenance, so parking and dining were really good and i got some great shots.

Glacier National Park - Glacier National Park is 1.2 million acres of shinning mountain ranges, deep valleys, and lakes carved by prehistoric ice rivers located in north-central Montana. The park features glistening glaciers, alpine meadows, dense forests, waterfalls, majestic hanging valleys and over 200 sparkling lakes. Set in a rugged section of the northern Rockies, Glacier is the third largest National Park in the lower 48 states. Glacier National Park was created in 1910. Its sister park, Waterton Lakes National Park located along the northern boundary of Glacier National Park, was created in Canada in 1895 before Glacier National Park. The park is home to 936 miles of rivers and streams and over 700 miles of hiking trails. Relatively few miles of road exist in Glacier, thus preserving its primitive and unspoiled beauty. The exception is the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road, 52 miles of breath-taking highway that crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. The park supports an exceptionally diverse and productive environment, reflected by abundant populations of large mammals and carnivores, including wolves, grizzly bears and mountain lions. The park’s glaciers are giant rivers of ice that have sculpted the mountains and valleys into their present appearance. The park is presently home to over 50 glaciers. The glaciers form when more snow falls each winter than melts the next summer. The accumulation of snow compresses into ice that begins to move downhill due to the weight of the ice, gravity, and the slope of the mountain. Glacier National Park is recognized throughout the world for its majestic natural beauty. (ref: Huckleberry Times, 5th Edition, www.huckleberrypatch.com, “Glacier National Park - Crown of the Continent.” )

2014 Glacier National Park Albums -

Gallery 46-02-01 - Apgar Visitors Center, Loop Trail Views, Bird Woman Falls - 120 photos