Bouquet of butterflies
Posted in Butterflies, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on June 30, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I always like to see a butterfly.
And it’s pleasant seeing two.
But nothing beats a nice butterfly bouquet!
Archive for June, 2007
Mount Baldy
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Patrick's Knob roadless area, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Teepee-Spring Creek roadless area, Weeksville Divide on June 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The key feature in the Baldy Mountain roadless area is Mount Baldy itself. It is about 80 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana in the southern end of the Cabinet Mountains. At 7,464 feet, it is the tallest peak in thirty or so surrounding miles.
Here’s a photo of it from the west, taken in May from [...]
Nearly overlooked
Posted in Flowers, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wildflowers on June 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Nearly hidden among the tall grasses on a mountainside a couple of weeks ago was a tiny speck of pink. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be this little bouquet. The whole top of this plant is only a quarter of an inch across. There is often great beauty in small, quiet, unassuming things.
Collomia [...]
To the east
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975 on June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just beyond the trees and 4,000 feet below, the small town of Hot Springs is just 5 miles away. (This photo is for Geri.)
Beyond the town, and another 40 miles away, the majestic Mission Mountains.
A few more degrees to the south and just below the peak, Baldy Lake.
Photographed June 26, 2007 from the summit of [...]
Mount Baldy flowers
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Flowers, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wildflowers on June 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A mid-summer snow storm on Monday created some interesting flower photos, like these bluebells,
and the snow on the beargrass, as if these blossoms needed additional white!
By Tuesday, the snow had melted and summer was its normal self again for these Indian paintbrushes.
I don’t know how the rather delicate Tolmei was able to survive its icy [...]
Mount Baldy: the top
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Hiking, McGregor - Thompson roadless area, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975 on June 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
What a difference a day can make. On Monday the high temperature in the valley was 64º and there was new snow on Mount Baldy. On Tuesday the valley high was 78º and the snow was gone. All but at the top.
This is the first of several posts I will make about a hike to [...]
Baldy Mountain roadless area
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Hiking, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975 on June 25, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Hot day? Here’s what the trail up Mount Baldy looked like this morning at about 7,000 feet:
Photographed from within the Baldy Mountain roadless area on USFS trail 340, Cabinet Mountains, Western Montana. (This area would be protected under the Wilderness Bill HR 1975.)
A special design
Posted in Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Trees on June 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Nature has even designed a special tree for the high country where the winter brings large amounts of snow. The design helps it to easily shed snow without breaking branches. This one is growing in the Cherry Peak roadless area at about 6,500 feet.
Subalpine fir abies lasiocarpa
Views from the top
Posted in Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Hiking, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Patrick's Knob roadless area, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Teepee-Spring Creek roadless area on June 23, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Here are a few views from the Sacajawea Peak area. These were taken from Sacajawea’s sister, Sunset Peak, because Sacajawea is heavily timbered all the way to the top on its West side.
It seems that the path to a castle is always guarded by a dragon, and Sunset has its own dragon perpetually on duty:
For [...]
Sacajawea Peak trail
Posted in Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Hiking, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975 on June 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Sacajawea Peak, elevation 6,619 ft., sits at the Southeast corner of the Cherry Peak roadless area in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains in Western Montana. The Cherry Peak area has been closed to motorized vehicles for a long time, but the great guardian of our wild country, the U.S. Forest Service, now has plans to open [...]
