Dusk Covers Flathead Mountains and the Great Bear Wilderness

These are the Flathead Mountains and Great Bear Wilderness in the Flathead National Forest. I lensed this image late in the afternoon after a late summer rainstorm had just passed through, enveloping the mountain forests with mist. The alpenglow effect cast a soft blue hue to this image of the mountains at dusk.

The Great Bear Wilderness extends roughly 36 miles and at its widest point is about 34 miles across. The Middle Fork Flathead River rises in the Great Bear Wilderness and runs wild and scenic through the area for about 50 miles, raging below cliff faces and over boulder strewn rapids in what some refer to as Montana's wildest waterway.  

This area is home to grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, deer, elk, gray wolf, moose, black bear, mountain lion, mountain goat, and mountain sheep roam about these rugged ridge tops, gently sloping alpine meadows, thickly forested river bottoms and open grass parks.
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This image is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.  

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.  

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