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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Gene Mirro on November 23, 2014, 06:41:53 PM
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Eagle sculpture, Libby, Montana:
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Historic Tamarack Lodge:
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Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax):
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Amazing scenery! Thanks for posting, Gene.
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Quite a lot off snow still on the tops for August - but I suppose they are nearly always white?
Great selection of flowers but the mass of Bear Grass flowering on the slope is a cracking sight.
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No, wait. This is just my garden. We haven't gotten to the park yet. :D
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No, wait. This is just my garden. We haven't gotten to the park yet. :D
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Enjoying this Gene.
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Majestic scenery - just makes you want to put your boots on and get out there!
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Here are some absolutely amazing photos from other photographers:
https://www.google.com/search?q=glacier+national+park+wildflowers&rlz=1C1OPRB_enUS516US516&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=788&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PVlyVJ_vLIGrogSd4IDQCw&ved=0CB0QsAQ (https://www.google.com/search?q=glacier+national+park+wildflowers&rlz=1C1OPRB_enUS516US516&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=788&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PVlyVJ_vLIGrogSd4IDQCw&ved=0CB0QsAQ)'
I didn't see these huge masses of flowers when I was there. Maybe my timing was off, or maybe I needed to get out and hike.
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For those who may be travelling to Glacier, this is what I found out from their agent:
"A portion of the shots are taken up at Logan Pass where we have a great display of sub-alpine wildflowers...they meadows going up to Hidden Lake Overlook can be spectacular especially in the last of July and the beginning of August. It depends on when we have the melt out of the winter snow pack. Some of the photos were probably taken in June in the lower elevations such as the St. Mary area when the meadows can be chock full of the prairie flowers. The bear grass blooms around late June through late July and some years it can be exceptional!!!"
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I enjoyed the tour anyway, Gene!
Have anybody tried bear grass in their garden? (Except you Gene ;D)
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Given that you were there in August, I'm surprised you saw Erythronium still in bloom - the roads must take you up very high! Is it "Going to the Sun" Road? (I've never been... have only sampled Waterton N.P., the adjoining park north of the border, a tiny bit. With retirement, we hope to explore it much more, eventually.) I'm surprised that the beargrass was still in bloom too... maybe I shouldn't be though - it's one I'm not familiar with, not having explored this area at the right time.
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Lori, I'll bet the Erythroniums and Beargrass were still blooming because the snow had just melted.
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Gene,lovely photographs brings back some good memories.
We were there early July last year and the erythroniums were out in thousands around the car park at Logan Pass. We went up a second time very early on 4 th July to avoid the crowds and visited the other side from West Glacier. it is a wonderful place and it was a good time for the flowers.
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Lovely photos Gene. We have never managed to get that far north yet, usually the passes are closing by the time we go on holiday.
Hoy I have grown and flowered bear grass. It grows easily but doesn't always flower. Alplains usually has seed.
Susan