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June is one of the best months of the year in Glacier National Park. The Going to the Sun road is usually closed to vehicles until later in the month, leaving it fair game for bikers and multi-sport enthusiasts. Photo by Sara Edwards.
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I am a firm believer that scrambling along a ridgeline is about the most fun you can have without snow on the ground. Here, I “run” along a ridgeline in Glacier National Park. Photo by Jordan Smith.
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My dog Lottie is terrified of docks (and she’s not much of a swimmer, either). In order to reach me at the end of this dock, also on Flathead Lake, she belly crawled through the fresh snow so she wouldn’t fall off the dock. Photo by Betsy Odell.
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A lake in Montana’s Great Bear Wilderness area. I had skied a little ways out onto the ice, but then got nervous and returned to the rest of my group waiting on the shoreline. We ended up skiing across the lake anyway. Photo by Kelsey Bauer.
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The first rays of sunlight are more than welcome after a frigid night in Southern Utah’s desert. Photo by Emily Downing.
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Backpackers set off toward Ptarmigan Tunnel on the Iceberg Lake Trail in Glacier National Park. Around them, chokecherry and serviceberry bushes start to show their fall hues. Photo by Emily Downing.
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Powder skiing is seriously the best thing ever, and this day at my favorite little ski area in northwestern Montana was a pretty good example of the activity. Photo by Caroline Hill.
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Three climbers ascend the football-field-sized limestone slabs that make up the ridge of Heaven’s Peak in Glacier National Park. The park’s Lewis Range stretches out behind them. Photo by Emily Downing.
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Vaqueros pack supplies into the ranches of Colombia’s Sierra Los Nevados as backpackers step off the trail to let them pass. Photo by Emily Downing.
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A hiker pauses during a ridgeline traverse in Glacier National Park. Photo by Emily Downing.
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Backpackers crest a hill in the paramo of Colombia’s Quindio Range. The paramo is a high-elevation moorland ecosystem found only a handful of places in the world, all of which are near the equator. Photo by Emily Downing.
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Jeorge, a professional mountain guide, rests on his trekking poles while he waits for his clients to take a break. Photo by Emily Downing.
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It takes some work to access the high country of Glacier National Park in the winter, but it is always worth it. This picture shows me in my happy place. Photo by Becca Wheeler.
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This rocky outcropping had to be navigated in order to continue on a ski traverse in Glacier National Park. Photo by Susan Wheeler.