Cascading creeks and waterfalls, soaring mountains, turquoise lakes and expansive vistas. What more could the landscape photographer ask for?
 


Avalanche Creek
Glacier NP

   

Chasm
Glacier NP
 

Mountain stream, and cascading waterfall.

Both near Logan Pass
Glacier NP

 

  Isolating individual rocks in the fast-flowing streams
reveals fascinating patterns.
 

Logan Creek and
Clements Mountain

near Logan Pass
Glacier NP

 

 

Bighorn Sheep and Glacier Lilies at Logan Pass

 

Launch on Swiftcurrent Lake passing Mt. Gould

 

above right, below left and right
Reflections on Swiftcurrent Lake in the Many Glacier region of Glacier NP

 

 
 

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Morning mist at Swiftcurrent Lake

  St. Mary Lake, on the eastern side of Glacier NP, is punctuated by the iconic Wild Goose island.
 

St. Mary Lake in mid afternoon.

     Wild Goose Island at sunrise
  The lake is drained by the St. Mary River which cascades over spectacular St. Mary Falls.
 
  St. Mary Falls
 

 

On the western side of Glacier NP is Lake McDonald. Slightly larger than St. Mary Lake, McDonald's southwestern shore is a spectacular jewel case of multi-colored and smoothly polished rocks.

 
 









Early morning,
on the same beach,
yields a totally different look.
 

  Outside of the National Park, and a bit south of Kalispell, lies Flathead Lake. The largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, Flathead is a well-developed recreation area with boating and fishing as major activities.
 













Sunrise
Flathead Lake
   

Sunset
Flathead Lake

 

 
   

A high shutter speed freezes unseen details in the boat's wake.

 

 

   
These petroglyphs,
seen only from a boat,
are evidence of early Native American settlers.
     
 

 

The lake is surrounded by farms and wheat fields.

 

 

We were too early for fresh huckleberries, but there was plenty of ice cream and milkshakes.

Mountain Mallow, Glacier NP