Ptarmigan Tunnel - Glacier National Park

Greg Moo makes the final ascent to Ptarmigan Tunnel from Elizabeth Lake

in Glacier National Park, Montana.

This image is from the end of an incredible week long trip in Glaicier National Park in Montana.  It's referred to as The North Circle, typically beginning and ending at Many Glacier.  However, we elected to start at Logan Pass and end at Many Glacier (with a shuttle back to Logan Pass).

Our variation of this fantastic trip had us visiting such sights as The Garden Wall, Granite Park, Fifty Mountain, Sue Bench, Stoney Indian Pass & Lake, Belly River, Glenns Lake, Mokowanis River & Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Dawn Mist Falls and Ptarmigan Tunnel, and more!  It's a trip that will live in my mind forever, and one that I would like to do again someday.

This image captured my hiking partner, Greg Moo, as we made our final ascent up the trail to Ptarmigan Tunnel.  This section of trail on the north side of the tunnel was blasted from the rock in 1931 as a means to access the Belly River drainage from Swiftcurrent.  This image was recently published in a worldwide design publication.

You can view more images from this wonderful national park in my Glacier National Park Gallery.

As always, thanks for looking!

Visit Rainier Brochure

2013 VisitRainier Brochure

 I'm pleased to share the 2013 Visit Rainier Brochure, which sports one of my images of Mount Rainier on its cover.  The image was taken from Spray Park during flower season, close to sunset.  Spray Park is one of my favorite destinations in the park.  Many times I have hiked up to these meadows in the late afternoon and photographed the flowers and sunset, then returned to my truck in the dark with headlamp.

There is so much to do at Mount Rainier throughout the year, whether you like to climb, hike, horseback ride, fish, car camp, ski, snowshoe, etc.  Local communities around the park offer additional ammenities to those in the park.

So where do you start your planning?

If you plan to visit Mount Rainier National Park, I highly recommend you visit the Visit Rainier web site.  It is the ultimate planning site for the park, offering recommendations for lodging, eating, recreation, maps, current road and trail conditions, web cams and more!  It really is an all-in-one site for planning.  Check them out!

The Visit Rainier brochure is available at most businesses around the park, and is free.  Pick one up!