Seasons

Fleeting and mercurial, the peak of each season brings special moments. Winter’s wolves preying on the valley bound elk, springs warmth sends the cutthroat into high mountain rivulets, summer opens up the highest peaks, fall colors paint the valley glorious before the cycle begins anew.

Hours old; mom on the lookout as survival could be fleeting

Snow retreats as ice-off comes, sending all species into a mad rush to recoup lost calories

Spring's electric storms crash in, painting the valleys a vibrant green; Philipsburg Montana

Spring flow, winter snow; what goes up must come down

Snowmelt subsides; the curtain is pulled as the muddy water subsides; feisty trout look skyward

Best horse riders in the state,\; the Crow Nation Indian Relay

Pasque wind flower; summer high country as the snow retreats

Fall colors descend downward as Brookies move upwards; their yellows and reds mirror the streamside foliage

Kestrel takes in the last grasshoppers of fall

All the summer foraging sets the table for the battles of fall

Big Brookie action at shoreside springs

Mid-elevation larches paint the west slope mountainsides a vibrant yellow; Clarks Fork, Montana

Snowfall turns rock into a white canvas to paint our visitations on

Winter is long and brutal; a time for survival

Stasis; fish hunker down in the icy water waiting for the bugs and warmth to return

Winter is the season of the wolf; they cull the herd of the weak in the confines of the valley floors

winter Warren

spring Warren

Blacktail

Flathead River fall colors

Holland Lake Tamarack

Yellowstone velvet

Bridger bugler

Montana wilderness

winter sun

Rulers Of Their Domain

The Heavens