St Ignatius Mountains, MT and Glacier National Park

Written on June 28, 2008

I took this shot yesterday at the Bison Range just north of Missoula near St Ignatius (http://www.fws.gov/bisonrange/nbr/.) The bison were too far away for me to get any good shots of them. Even with my zoom they were specs. I did end up with this shot of the St Ignatius mtns on the road there at the range:

We hit up the Bison Range on our way to Glacier National Park (http://www.glacierparkinc.com/.) Which we found out since it snowed pretty good a few weeks ago, the Going to the Sun mountain road was closed. Of course this was the point of going there, to drive on the most gorgeous road I’ve ever been on. We got about a quarter up the road to where the Trail of the Cedars is the rest of the way was gated up. Here are a few shots from today:

The most exciting part was on the way out we saw a pair of moose. Here is the male.

The girl moose:

Trail of the Cedars is a beautiful hike in an old growth forest. I first hiked it in grade school. We didn’t get to hike it today since we didn’t have enough time but we took the kids up part way to stretch their legs. I took this picture of the trees at the start of the trail.

Here are two more pieces I attempted the vintage style with.

This one is actually the backdrop of where the moose were and there is actually a moose in this shot though you can’t really see her well. She looks like a rock in the water. Her butt was facing me.

Tomorrow morning I’m supposed to go up the mountains with my Uncle. I may get some good shots though I won’t be able to get up early enough for the good lighting. I’m hoping to sneak out at sunset time after the family BBQ to get some mountain shots then as well. I don’t get to come here often so might as well make the most of it when I can.

Some people have requested prints of some of these shots I’ve taken here in Montana. I’m hoping to get a gallery up in the event section for folks to view and purchase prints in the future. I’m hoping to get this up and running after my wedding season slows down a bit. I will make a post when I have it available to the public.