Northern Rockies

I just returned from a 5-day trip to the Northern Rockies...it was fantastic! I left from Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Thursday at Noon and drove straight to Glacier National Park in order to get there by sunset. I got some shots of St Mary lake as well as Swiftcurrent lake and some falls near Logan Pass. Glacier is an amazingly beautiful park and one of my personal favorites in the USA. Unfortunately, clouds socked in most of the higher elevations so I decided to head up to Banff for a day in hopes of better weather later.

After sunrise at Swiftcurrent lake I headed towards Canada and arrived in the Lake Louise area around 2pm. This is definitely a beautiful area although it seems to be suffering from serious overcrowding. I would have loved to get to more of the park, but was on a very limited schedule. I shot Moraine Lake for sunset and started heading back to Montana in hopes of better weather the next day. I arrived back in Glacier mid-morning and the weather remained the same at the higher elevations. It didn't look like it was going to clear up at all, so I made the decision to hoof it down to Wyoming to shoot the Tetons.

I arrived at Jenny Lake near sunset after having missed the pullout for Jackson Lake. The next morning I headed for Jackson Lake and found the spot I was looking for. As the sun came up I decided to head to Snake River Overlook and then eventually to the Moulton Barn after sunrise. This was it, I packed my gear and started heading east.

5 days and 5000 miles later, I arrived back in Leo. I'm pretty happy with some of the shots and hope to be posting them soon.

Ben