Where Eagles Fly : Wolf Gun Mountain ~ Plus A Panoramic View of the North Fork Valley

Wolf Gun Mountain glows as the alpenglow hues of golden amber, color the clouds at dusk, enveloping the top of the mountain with a rich cloak of iridescence. To the left, beyond those harsh cliffs is Anaconda Peak and to the right, obscured by clouds, lies Dutch Ridge. These awesome foreboding mountains are part of Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana.  

In the foreground lays Sullivan Meadows and at the base of that flows the North Fork of the Flathead River. This area is a rugged wilderness that you really have no reason to be in if you cannot survive the elements. This beautiful valley is the traditional hunting grounds of the Canadian First Nations Cree Tribes who would travel south to this location to hunt Mountain Goats, Elk, Deer and Bear in the mountains, meadows and along the Flathead River. 

This is one of the most remote and unvisited locations in the park, and is only reached by traveling a great distance on rough dirt roads along the cliffs and banks of the Flathead River. But if you do go there, and I highly recommend it, you will be rewarded by experiencing something very rare; a living natural ecology laboratory consisting of a succession of wilderness forest growth.   

Due to many years of repeated natural forest fires across such a large and visible area you can easily see a large variety of forests that are all different ages. And each different forest attracts slightly different animal, bird and bug species dependent on the time since it last was burned.  More on that here.

Of course what I love is that this view has never changed, in all the time man has existed on the face of this beautiful planet, this view you are looking at has always been there. Sitting proudly high in the sky with all the world spinning around, it has remained a constant, a magnificent juxtaposition of majesty and peacefulness.

This image above is part of a 180° panorama that I lensed above Demers Ridge on the eastern side of the Flathead River, overlooking the long and gorgeous valley known as Sullivans Meadow. This land has always been a sacred hunting grounds to a number of First Nations Tribes for many thousands of years. The Cree, Flathead, Blackfoot, Salish, and Kootenai have all used this grand valley for life-giving sustenance. The Kootenai (also known as the Ktunaxa) called this valley: "kqaskanmituk".

To see the very large panorama the above image came from, please click on the photo below. Please view this full screen (F11 button) and then take note of the names of the different locations which is listed along the bottom of the image. Please be sure to scroll across to see the entire panoramic image. 

Click On Image To View Full Panorama

This image is also the image that is on my profile here on steemit and is also from my ongoing project, "Where Eagles Fly";

About The Project

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us. I am piloting a bush plane while exploring and filming throughout the remote back-country areas of North America to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.

About The Author

My name is Zedekiah Morse and I'm a Bush Pilot, Photographer, Explorer and Filmmaker. I live in the Rocky Mountains and devote my time and resources to exploring as much of the world as I can by air. If you wish to watch a short film detailing how I do my work and this project, go here.

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