A View from the Pass

[AlanLichty]

This is a view to the east looking down the Reynolds Creek drainage from the high meadows at Logan Pass in Glacier NP. The line of peaks on the right include Little Chief Mountain which is the highest peak in the park. I didn't realize it util I was processing this shot but the wildfire smoke is visible at the lowest elevations included in this shot. Smoke haze on the west side is more extensive but was also lingering at lower elevations rather than dispersing upwards.

Hidden Lake Trail Views

• AlanLichty
• Sep 17, 2018

Looking down towards St. Mary Lake from the Hidden Lake Trail. Glacier NP.

C&C always welcome.

 

[TimMc]

a sky to die for and a landscape to equal it--great job.

 

[JimFox]

You sure have clouds this trip! How are the waterfalls flowing in that area? The grasses look pretty brown in this, and wildflowers left at all?

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice Alan, it looks like a fresh dusting of snow on the mountains.

 

[AlanLichty]

You sure have clouds this trip! How are the waterfalls flowing in that area? The grasses look pretty brown in this, and wildflowers left at all?

I just posted the wildflowers the other day and sadly that trickle of a waterfall was the only one I saw up on top. Those wildflowers were almost directly behind me on the trail from where I shot this. There is water in Virginia Falls and St. Mary Falls although I did not hike the trail to St. Mary Falls. My access along the Going-to-the-Sun highway was limited to the shuttle since I am not allowed to drive my RV past the Rising Sun Campground. Swiftcurrent Falls near Many Glacier were flowing nicely and you will see one of the shots from there on Wednesday

Very nice Alan, it looks like a fresh dusting of snow on the mountains.

Yes - storms did roll through the northern part of Montana this last week and yesterday which dusted the peaks. Things look a lot nicer after a good soaking. I am down in Butte right now and this place still looks bone dry.