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