It’s the start of a new year already and I realized I have still not posted my photographs from my Glacier National Park trips from the summer. It has become apparent that I am probably never going to get around to doing a full blog post about the trips, so I thought I would just go ahead and do a photo dump to at least get them posted. I will try to do a little better going forward about keeping this blog up to date. This fall was really busy for me and the last couple of weeks have been busy with the holidays and also a lot of bad weather has kept me from getting out to do any photography.
We ended up taking two trips to Glacier National Park over the summer. One trip was in July and we spent a lot of time on the East side of the park, including Many Glacier. And then we took a second trip later in August and split time between Many Glacier again and the West side, including staying over night in Apgar and a day trip North up to Polebridge.
Please remember to respect the wildlife when visiting national parks (or anywhere.) I have long telephoto lens that allow me to keep my distance from the wildlife, so while it may appear that I am close to my subjects, that is not the case. We saw many instances of people not following park directions and getting dangerously close to the wildlife. Since this is not a full blog about the locations we visited or the equipment I used, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Also remember you can click on any of the images below for a larger view.
July Trip
A cow moose feeding in Fishercao Lake in Many Glacier.
A cow moose walking in Fishercap Lake shortly before sunset.
A profile shot of the cow moose feeding in Fishercap Lake.
A ram bighorn sheep on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.
A mountain goat on the cliffs near Logan Pass on the Going to the Sun highway in Glacier National Park.
Ram bighorn sheep on top of Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.
A ground squirrel that was feeding behind the visitor’s center on Logan Pass.
A sunset pano from behind the Many Glacier Hotel overlooking Swiftcurrent Lake.
A smokey view of Wilde Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake.
The lower part of Redrock Falls in Many Glacier National Park.
The upper falls of Redrock Falls in Many Glacier National Park.
A colorful pool above Redrock Falls in Many Glacier National Park.
A grizzly bear feeding on berries near Many Glacier.
A black bear eating berries near Many Glacier.
August Trip
A smokey morning at Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.
Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.
The Polebridge Mercantile.
A collared sow grizzly bear with it’s two cubs near the East entrance of Glacier National Park.
A cub grizzly bear standing up in a berry patch.
A very light colored grizzly bear cub in a berry patch along Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park.
The two grizzly bear cubs spent a lot of time playing and wrestling in the berry patch.
A black bear standing up eating berries in Many Glacier, Glacier National Park.
Black bear near Many Glacier.
A large male black bear near Many Glacier, Glacier National Park.
A grizzly bear feeding, flipping rocks along the shores of Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park.
A female deer feeding in Fishercap Lake in Many Glacier, Glacier National Park.