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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.

The Ice House – Somers, MT

The Ice House may become another series like “The Road Home” and our loop walk…a spot that is photogenic, story-telling in a unique way and so different in all the seasons and varied light. (See The Ice House for more info)

Today, there was a bleakness to the landscape and this particular capture. But…Karl and I were there because the super-cold has broken…it was 25F. And with no wind, it felt nearly balmy in comparison to the past week.

The Ice House, Somers, MT.

The road home from Whitefish

Errands took me to Whitefish this afternoon. While still mostly cloudy, the clouds had lifted enough to see more of the mountains and there were breaks here and there letting some sunlight through in the late afternoon.

The road home wore both fall and winter dress.

To the left, the ski runs of Big Mountain have their first bit of snow.

Snow machines in the shed wait for the snow to reach them.

Rounding Montana Highway 35 as it curves south towards Bigfork, the snow covered mountains at the south end of Flathead Valley caught rays sneaking under the clouds.

And then, the road to my house…

The road home.