Trip Reports: Glacier National Park

Here are my new images from my trip to Glacier National Park this fall.   I drug my good friend and fellow photographer Monte Trumbull with me.  Our first visit to this national park, and we were definitely not disappointed.  Pretty amazing park!  I’ll definitely have to make another trip here to do some more back country hiking and camping.

The wildlife at this park was amazing.  I saw more wildlife during our week at Glacier than I’ve seen on all my other trips combined.  We saw tons of big horn sheep and mountain goats, black bears, eagles, marmots, a moose, and a grizzly.  I think the only animal I didn’t see was a wolverine, hopefully next time!

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, wild goose island, sunset, going to the sun road

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, hidden lake, sunrise, logan's pass

hidden lake, glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, logan's pass, going to the sun road

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, many glacier, double rainbow, rainbow, grinnell lake, rain, early morning, grinnell glacier

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, two medicine lake, reflection, sinopah mountain, earth shadow, belt of venus, east glacier

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, many glacier, swiftcurrent lake, mount grinnell, sunset, full moon, earth shadow, belt of venus

St. Mary's Falls, going to the sun road, glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, wild goose island, sunrise, going to the sun road

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, grinnell lake, western pasque flower, overlook, many glacier

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, two medicine lake, sinopah mountain, east glacier

Baring Falls, Glacier National Park, MT, Montana, Waterfall, GNP

 

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, many glacier, swiftcurrent falls, sunrise

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, st. mary's river, going to the sun road

 

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, two medicine lake, sunrise, sinopah mountain, east glacier

Prelude : Prints Available

 

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, logan's pass, hidden lake, sunset, storm

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, many glacier, black bear, cubs

 

glacier national park, MT, Montana, GNP, many glacier, big horn sheep

 

Boundary Water Canoe Area – Summer 2013

Few quick shots from our family vacation in the Boundary Water Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota.  We go up there every year, and while it isn’t typically a photography trip for me, I did manage to sneak away to take a few images this year.

BWCA, Boundary Water Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, Minnesota, Summer, Sunset, Backcountry

BWCA, Boundary Water Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, Minnesota, Summer, Sunset, Backcountry

BWCA, Boundary Water Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, Minnesota, Summer, Sunset, Backcountry

BWCA, Boundary Water Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, Minnesota, Summer, Ducks, Merganser Ducks, Family

BWCA, Boundary Water Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, Minnesota, Summer, Sunset, Backcountry

 

Lost In You

Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, California, CA, Snow, Sunrise

Lost In You : Prints Available


After being shut out the night before with boring gray skies, I almost missed this sunrise. After listening to it rain all night, I barely recognized the change from rain to snow. I was shocked to see we’d received 4″ of fresh powder overnight. Fortunately I resisted the urge to stay in my warm sleeping bag! I bombed 3/4 of a mile up to this lookout in fresh powder to the spot I had scouted the night before. I was rewarded with this magnificent sunrise as a ray of light shot across the valley. The entire show lasted mere minutes before clouds floated over Half Dome and settled into the valley completely obscuring the light.

Busy April…New Images On the Way

I had a really busy April, travelling all over the West Coast  I saw some amazing locations and got a lot of good scouting in for future trips.  The weather was great for backpacking even if it wasn’t as dynamic as I normally like for photos.

Some of the breathtaking locations I visited:
Big Sur, CA – Waterfalls, beaches, and poison oak…2 out of 3 isn’t bad…
Yosemite, CA – Awesome snow while I was there…
Olympic Peninsula, WA – Remote beaches
Crater Lake, OR – First time snow shoeing and snow camping!  I’ll be doing a lot more of that in the future!
Columbia River Gorge, OR – More waterfalls

Look for some new images soon!

Delicate

An amazing sunrise from this past fall at Arches National Park.  I hiked up to Delicate Arch in the middle of the night to shoot stars and the Milky Way.  Unfortunately/fortunately there was a front moving in and the sky was blocked up with clouds.  So I waited for a few hours for first light and was treated to an amazing light show.

Arches National Park, Delicate Arch, Moab, Utah, Sunrise

Delicate : Prints Available

Sunrise at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.