Big Hole River. © Jason Savage
Here’s a few photos from a trip I took last week on the Big Hole River. Everything is still really green and looking beautiful as always.
Foxtail Barley. © Jason Savage
Divide, Montana. © Jason Savage
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Here’s a few photos from Bannack State Park. If you haven’t been, it’s a fascinating look back into the settling of Montana’ s territory and the gold rush that took place back in the mid 1800′s. Bannack was settled in 1862 and was declared the territorial capitol of Montana in 1864. Bannack remained populated up until the 1930′s. In the 1950′s Bannack was pretty much a ghost town and was then declared a State Park of Montana.
I particularly enjoy roaming through the empty homes wondering who might have lived there and what it might have been like to settle in this unknown land at the time of the gold rush. Especially trying to raise a family and make a living. I imagine those who were adventurous enough were certainly a bit tougher and hardier than we are today. The land that surrounds Bannack is really a beautiful place and enticing to explore.
Here’s a link to the Bannack State Park website.
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Bannack. © Jason Savage
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Some great rodeos happening around the State of Montana this month-check out Travel Montana’s current schedule to see what’s coming up. I was over at Three Forks’s rodeo yesterday for some great action and some serious Cowboys & Cowgirls. Gotta love the small town rodeos as they have a certain character about them. Hopefully if my schedule allows I’ll be making some more this summer and have some more photos to post.
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Three Forks Rodeo. © Jason Savage
Swiftcurrent Falls. © Jason Savage
Just returned from my workshop up in Glacier and the park is sure starting to look good. I had a great group of photographers on this workshop and for the most part our weather was pretty darn awesome-excluding of course the massive lighting, golf ball size hail,funnel cloud storm in Browning:)
The park is starting to shape up, but they still have a tremendous amount of snow atop Logan Pass and it was nowhere near being melted off. Not a huge deal, but if you’re looking to do some hiking up around Hidden Lake make sure to bring your skis!
Down lower things are looking good and the wildflowers are having a great year, especially around Many Glacier and few other areas coming into the park from the east side.
The thing I like about photographing Glacier is no year is the same. There is always something new to see and new to explore.
If you head up in July, make sure you also check out Indian Days in Browning. It usually runs the second week Thurs-Sun. and is quite the experience as well as one of the largest gatherings of tribes in the U.S.. There is a parade, rodeo and pow-wow held in town.
We spent our last evening there capturing some amazing dancers and some very passionate people. Our evening was cut short however by a not so very pleasant storm that shut down the Pow Wow and left everyone running for cover. We watched as quarter to golfball sized hail pummeled the fairgrounds and flattened people’s tents. Not the best shooting conditions;)
It’s always hard though to leave Glacier after spending a few days there. The tranquility and beauty inside the park make it hard to beat.
Wild Goose Island/Ten Image Panoramic. © Jason Savage
Indian Days. © Jason Savage
