Hiking in Montana's Bitterroot Valley

(Above: Selfie along the Blodgett Canyon Trail. Click on any image to enlarge.)

When I get back home to South Carolina, I'll have time to photograph the work I've made here during the art residency and eventually, I'll even have a link to the end-of-session presentation I gave last Tuesday for Open AIR, the residency's hosting organization.  Otherwise, I'm behind on my blogging but that's because I've been busy, busy, busy!  I took advantage of several days when there was clear skies and warmer-than-normal temperatures to go hiking!  In all, I went on five different trails in four different Bitterroot Valley locations:  Blodgett Canyon Trail (just three miles in and three miles out despite the fact that the trail goes on and on and on!); Blodgett Canyon Overlook (three miles round trip); Calf Creek Trail (four miles); Baker Lake Trail (three-and-a-half miles); and Sweathouse Waterfall Trail (five miles).  I love walking in nature and autumn in Montana is truly spectacular as you can see by scrolling down to some of my favorite pictures!

 

(Above and below: Blodgett Canyon Trail)

(Above:  Blodgett Canyon Trail.)

(Above and below:  Blodgett Canyon Overlook Trail.)

 

(Above:  Snowball made along the Blodgett Canyon Overlook Trail!  I could have made snowballs along the Baker Lake Trail too!)

(Above:  Selfie at Baker Lake)

(Above and below:  Shots from the Baker Lake Trail.)

 

(Above:  The hiking duo I joined for Calf Creek Trail.  There are plenty of hiking groups in this area and I got connected to the women's wilderness group that organized this outing!)

(Above:  Pinnacle formation along the Calf Creek Trail.)

(Above:  Selfie at Sweathouse Falls. Below: Just the falls!)

 

(Above and below:  Scenes from the Sweathouse Falls Trail.)