Glacier National Park
 Exposure time: 1/200s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 7.1mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 A view looking north from about the mid point of Saint Marys Lake. |
 Exposure time: 1/100s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 9.3mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 The boat dock offers tours of the lake during the summer. No tours were available when I was there in September. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 24.9mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 As you head north toward Canada, 9080 foot Chief Mountain dominates the terrain. It is on the eastern border of the park where the mountains meet the prairie. I was surprised by how quickly the mountains ended and the vast rolling wheat fields of the great prairie started. |
 Exposure time: 1/200s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 47.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 In the language of the local Piegan Indians the mountain is know as Minnow Stakhoo. A legend on how the mountain got its name can be found at http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/chiefmtn.html. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 5.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 47.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This view is from a little further south. The customs point on Montana highway 17 between the US and Canada is called Chief Mountain and there is a small village with that name just north of the border. |
 Exposure time: 1/125s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 23.6mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This picture if for those who wondered what it looked like when you crossed the border. This is the main crossing between Glacier National Park in the US and Waterton Lakes National Park on the Canadian side. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 20.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 A view of Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 37.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This is just before the Waterton Lakes and Cardston, Alberta junction. I did not go into Waterton Lakes but plan on doing it this summer. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 5.6 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 25.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 The Alberta Temple is located in Cardston, about 25 miles north of the US-Canada Border. The temple was dedicated in 1923. I had been told how beautiful it was and decided to stop and take pictures while I was in the area. |
 Exposure time: 1/2000s Aperture: 11.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 165.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 I couldn't resist the contrast between Chief Mountain and the undulating wheat fields in the foreground. This is another picture which was framed and is in our conference room. |
 Exposure time: 1/200s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 18.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 After leaving Cardston, I headed south on Alberta Highway 2 which become US highway 89 when you cross the border. Just south of the border was this old barn with Chief Mountain in the background. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 12.2mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 This view of the barn and Chief Mountain is about 5 miles south of the border on US Highway 89. As you probably notice, the weather was nicer here than it was at Logan Pass. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 5.6 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 15.6mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 I wanted to get a shot of this gate into the Double T Ranch because of the representation of Chief Mountain atop the gate. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 23.6mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 As you head south on highway 89 you reach a junction with a major road into the Many Glaciers area of the Glacier National Park. This like most roads in the park, this one winds along beside Lake Sherburne. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 5.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 49.4mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Here is a much closer view of one of the glaciers above Lake Sherbrune. |
 Exposure time: 1/250s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 18.0mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Mt. Siyeh is 10014 feet tall and is the major peak in the Many Glaciers area. The name Siyeh is taken from the name of a Blackfeet warrior, Crazy Wolf. |
 Exposure time: 1/160s Aperture: 4.0 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 12.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 Located on Swiftcurrent Lake, the Many Glaciers Lodge is the largest in the park with 208 rooms. It was built in 1914 and 1915. One of the best know features of Glacier National Park are red "Jammer" buses which offer tours from all of the lodges in the park. |
 Exposure time: 1/1250s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 Across from Swiftcurrent Lake I got my first opportunity to see mountain goats. These animals are the emblem of Glacier National Park and also the Great Nothern Railroad. These pictues were taken with a zoom lens and a 2X multiplier. |
 Exposure time: 1/400s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 Near the mountain goats I got to see my only grizzly bear of the trip. |
 Exposure time: 1/320s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 This is another view of the same bear. To take this picture I had to use a 50-500 telephoto lens with a 2x multiplier. With this much lens it is hard to hold the camera steady and the 2x multiplier reduces the amount of light. |
 Exposure time: 1/640s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 Another shot of mountain goats near Swiftcurrent Lake. |
 Exposure time: 1/1600s Aperture: 6.3 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 500.0mm Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION Camera model: NIKON D70 More mountain goats. One of the reasons I wanted to go to Glacier was for the opportunity to take pictures of these animals. |
 Exposure time: 1/40s Aperture: 2.5 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 25.5mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 On Monday morning I arose early and headed back into the park. I was going to head home but when I saw the weather was clear I decided to go back across Going to the Sun and go back down the eastern side of the park. Just as I entered the park I saw this view of the sun coming up over the mountains. |
 Exposure time: 1/60s Aperture: 2.2 Metering mode: Evaluative Focal length: 12.8mm Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-F828 I followed the same path I had taken the day before but had many more opportunities for pictues. This is the sun coming up over Lake McDonald at the western edge of the park. |