Posts Tagged Montana
August 12, 2009 – Whitefish Mountain Resort
Posted by Dave in Mountains, Picture of the Day, Winter/Snow on August 12, 2009
Whitefish Mountain Resort
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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I decided to use a skiing picture today, because it felt like I hadn’t used one in awhile. Plus, I thought to myself, “I don’t think I’ve used one from that trip I took to Montana a few years back yet…”, so I chose this one. But then I realized that not only has it not been that long since I used a skiing picture, but also the last skiing picture I used was, in fact, also from Montana. Whoops.
This is taken from Big Mountain Ski Resort (since renamed to Whitefish Mountain Resort), which is just outside Whitefish, Montana. It’s up north, near Kalispell and Glacier National Park. In fact, those peaks you see in the distance are part of the national park. It’s great, you should go, blah blah blah, I’ve said this all already. I hope to make it out there again this year, we’ll see how that goes.
Unrelated to today’s picture, I have three distinct but highly related bits of news to share today:
1. I snagged the facebook URL http://facebook.com/PictureOfTheDay for this page.
2. I went on a domain-buying spree yesterday, and purchased http://picture-of-the-day.com , which now points at the davefry.net version of the blog.
3. As part of the aforementioned spree, I also bought http://pictureoftheday.info … I wasn’t sure which one would be easier to remember and tell people, so I just bought both of them. (The .info version cost all of 89 cents.)
Notes: Canon PowerShot S500 (Point and shoot). 1/640s, f/8.0.
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July 24, 2009 – Whitefish Mountain Resort
Posted by Dave in Picture of the Day, Winter/Snow on July 24, 2009
Flathead Valley from Whitefish Mountain Resort
Friday, July 24, 2009.
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Yeah, the Snoqualmie Falls thing didn’t work out this week, sorry about that. (And now I’ve built it up enough that it’s going to be a big ole’ disappointment when I *do* finally post it. I mean, it’s a fine and dandy photo, but it’s not earth shattering or anything…)
Instead, here’s a picture from a group trip out to Whitefish Mountain Resort (back then it was called Big Mountain Resort) several years ago. Big Mountain is a FANTASTIC place to ski. Definitely in my top 3 all-time. (Along with Mt. Bachelor in Oregon and Schweitzer in Idaho. And as long as I’m naming states, Big Mountain is in Montana, right near Glacier National Park.) It makes for a great trip from Seattle too, because Amtrak takes you right out to Whitefish. It leaves in the afternoon and gets you there at 7am, so you don’t even need a hotel room for that first night. Great stuff.
Not sure if any of you noticed, but I normally do my best to avoid having people appear in my pictures. But, this one turned out so well that I decided to make an exception. From left, that’s Pat Roby, Mark Buckner, and of course my wife Julie. While we were there, they had this crazy inversion which filled the whole valley with these clouds, and left us skiing in the sunshine with jaw-dropping views every way we looked. Pretty incredible trip.
Enjoy the weekend, see you all on Monday!
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Notes: Canon PowerShot S500 (Point and shoot). 1/500s, f/13.0, ISO unknown.
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