Posts from the ‘Montana’ category

Sunshine, blue sky and a trip to Whitefish

A last minute cancellation opened up a needed hair appointment for me in Whitefish. Weather cooperated on a day described by the weather persons as “the calm before the storm” – Winter storm forecast for tomorrow.

Some clouds on top of Big Mountain but I’ve heard the snow is great!

Karl and I walked at the soccer fields – our usual routine. No plowed parking, but the Jeeper did not mind.

It was so sunny that a black beardog got a bit warm towards the end of the walk.

A roll in the snow to cool off!

Sunshine, blue sky and a trip to Whitefish – Saturday.

Inversion’s End

A low deck of stratus casting gloom over the valley = Inversion. It has both beauty and some ugly. An inversion keeps it cold and damp underneath, while above the sun is shining under a clear blue sky and the air is dry. But sometimes in the underneath we have freezing fog, hoar frost or some other such thing which can be beautiful. This weekend it was seeing Inversion’s End that made up for living under the clouds.

The inversion ended north of the valley and the sun tantalized those of us south by showing itself on a range of mountains not under the low deck. Saturday night, this same range glowed orangish-pink in glorious alpenglow.

This is one of those “you have to be there moments” – I don’t believe it is possible to capture the feeling of the entire valley being under low, gray clouds and then seeing a bit of mountain lit up as if by a giant spotlight. These photos are just a glimpse of the eery-beautiful light.

Inversion’s End.

Links to previous Inversion posts:
Road Home Inversion

On top of the Inversion

Frosted Farm

Wayfarer’s walk

From the top of the walk at Wayfarer’s Park by Flathead Lake.

Temperature was just above freezing at 33F, no wind.

And no one in the park but Karl and I.