Continuing on from Part 3 of our U.S. and Canada Trip we then travelled north from Yellowstone National Park heading for Canada. After checking out our options for heading north we realised that one of the options, route 191 passed by a Ski resort called Big Sky. The coversation went something like…
“Hey, we’re gonna pass Big Sky”
“What’s Big Sky”
“Some ski resort”
“Worth checking out?”
“Umm… 1 sec… hmm apparently it’s now the biggest ski resort in America”
“We’re off to Big Sky then!”
No helicopter required; on the peak of Lone Mountain (45°16’39.48″N,111°27’0.84″W)
When we got off the Aerial tram the liftie announced that “conditions are particularly sketchy today; if you aren’t experienced in self-arrest techniques I highly advise you do not ski down; catch the tram back down”. Brendan and I looked at each other and discussed what we thought self arresting was. Then slid, somewhat in control, down one of the biggest mountain faces I’ve ever seen.
Look closely and you might spot the chair lift, and the bottom station of the aerial tram (45°16’39.48″N,111°27’0.84″W)
The sky burns, late in the afternoon on the way from Big Sky to Bozeman, Montana (45.55141833,-111.20739333)
Train chasing during a down-day in Bozeman (45.6599317,-110.8426667)
The same train about 10 minutes later; flash, slow shutters and sunsets. ( 45°41’24.21″N,111° 1’40.17″W)
Montana, in summary. (47.56848000,-111.25452000)
Great Falls, Montana ( 47°31’18.03″N,111°15’38.86″W)
Broken Panes; ( 47°31’18.03″N,111°15’38.86″W)
Rail bridge over the Missouri River near Rainbow Dam (47°32’8.25″N,111°12’17.60″W)
Some more trainspotting in Shelby, Montana; not far from the US/Canada border – (8°30’31.0″N,111°51’41.6″W)
Purple Skies; Day 29 of the trip; Day 1 in Canada. (49°35’44.4″N,114°23’51.5″W)
The biggest truck…. …in the world Sparwood, B.C. (9°43’53.7″N, 114°53’03.7″W)
Most of the first few days we spent in Canada were gloomy and overcast; A break in the clouds made a trek to the top of Fernie worthwhile to take in this spectacular landscape… (49°27’3.83″N,115° 7’7.81″W)
Before the clouds closed back in…
Absolute White out (49°27’06.5″N,115°06’42.5″W)
Fletcher falls; Landscape photographer’s paradise; if you can stand the cold. (9°50’11.5″N,116°53’59.3″W)
Frozen valley…
Brendan is a Super natural supernatural.
Winter greens…
West arm Bridge – Postcards from Nelson, B.C. (49°30’39.81″N,117°17’8.48″W)
Polished rocks (49°57’06.6″N,117°21’42.9″W)
Galena Bay – Shelter Bay Car ferry en route to Revelstoke (50°37’42.59″N,117°53’54.76″W)
Potash trains roll through Revelstoke (51° 0’14.66″N,118°12’4.27″W)
Early morning fog rolls off the mountain (50°58’08.9″N,118°07’35.9″W)
Sea of clouds (50°57’44.85″N,118° 6’6.53″W)
At the park in Kelowna, B.C. (49°53’1.12″N,119°30’14.00″W)
Cutting fresh lines at Big White (49°43’52.5″N+118°57’18.6″W)
Bridal Veil Falls (49°43’52.5″N,118°57’18.6″W)
Picturesque Vancouver – (49°17’53.5″N,123°07’09.8″W)
Lonely trails (49°18’6.87″N,123° 8’25.98″W)
Siwash Rock (49°18’33.54″N,123° 9’15.09″W)
Lion’s Gate Bridge (49°18’47.55″N,123° 8’26.64″W)
…And that wraps up another post. In the next set we head north to Whistler before returning South into the U.S. and continue our journey down the west coast towards L.A. See you soon!
