Montana Outdoors

December 4, 2009

More Thompson River frost

I was going to save these shots of the frosty trees along the river, but the meteorologists are predicting a lot more frost soon (forecast is for -7° Monday), and so there will be more chances.

Thompson River frost

Thompson River frost

Thompson River frost

Thompson River frost

(These photos were taken about 36 miles upriver from Montana Highway 200.)

December 3, 2009

Mule deer heaven

Filed under: Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors — Tags: — montucky @ 6:00 am

Mule deer heaven

A blue-sky day in winter should never be wasted and this afternoon was perfect for a visit to a place I think of as “Mule Deer Heaven”. It’s a great place for sheep, too (I encountered 5 Bighorns, the same number of mulies and a couple of white-tails). That’s a sheep trail in the foreground and the Coeur d’Alene Mountains in the background: what can be better than that?

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December 2, 2009

Waiting for the snow

Filed under: Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors — Tags: , — montucky @ 9:40 am

The sentinel

This pine looks like a sentinel looking out over the Clark Fork valley, watching for the badly needed snow that just hasn’t come yet this year.

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December 1, 2009

From trail 345

Filed under: Cabinet Mountains, Hiking, Hunting, Montana, Nature, Outdoors — Tags: — montucky @ 9:41 am

From trail 345

From trail 345

From trail 345

A few scenes from what has become one of my favorite trails in the Cabinet Mountains. I’m anxious to walk on it when it’s covered with deep snow.

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November 29, 2009

Frosty day on Thompson River

Filed under: Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures — Tags: — montucky @ 8:52 pm

Frosty day on Thompson River

Photo was taken about 36 miles upriver from Highway 200 in the vicinity of Murr Creek in western Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.

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November 28, 2009

Strawberries & ice crystals

Filed under: Montana, Nature, Outdoors — montucky @ 7:16 pm

Nature decorates small things in remote places. These wild strawberry leaves along a mountain trail are all decorated for the season

Winter strawberries

and the Oregon Grapes are decorated as well.

Oregon grape leaves in winter

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