From Butte I continue my way North visiting Glacier National Park. More than some small glacier that still subsist – but for how long? – it’s a land of mountains and lakes.
 
 
1. Allong the road, a funny oldtimer hitch!
 

 
 
2. Kintla Lake, retired and wild. I paddled it ti the and, 4 hours round trip…
 

 
 
3. General Store at Polebridge. The pastries were top! 😉
 

 
 
4. Tumultuous McDonald River.
 

 
 
5. South Fork Flathead River.
 

 
 
6. Thunderstorm on Two Medicine Upper Lake.
 

 
 
7. Totally other atmosphere the next morning at 5:30 then it freezes..!
 

 
 
8. Lower Two Medicine Lake, an artificial reservoir.
 

 
 
9. Another large lake, the St-Mary Lake. Logan Pass was still in winter closure, so I didn’t get to go…
 

 
 
10. From the mountain bike single track.
 

 
 
11. From the trail to Grinnell Glacier where I was also stopped by snow.
 

 
 
Then I crossed the canadian border and headed to Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies.
 
 
12. Kootenay River.
 

 
 
14. Highway like in tourism advertising..!
 

 
 
15. Numa Falls.
 

 
 
16. Sunset from my camp.
 

 
 
17. Discovery of ocher deposits in the Kootenay Valley, more precisely a source rich in iron which deposits ocher. This material was used as a dye by the Indians, pounded before cooked, then re-pounded to get an orange powder. Mixed with melted fat, it was one of the colors used for petrographs, some of which are still visible several thousand years later.
 

 
 
18. Wolf tracks, the first I saw there. They are big as my hand..!
 

 
 
19. Ascent to the source…
 

 
 
20. … here it is.
 

 
 
Following of my discovery of the Canadian Rocky to come soon… 😀