Waterton and Glacier National Park

13-14 Sept            DeWinton (near Calgary) to Hungry Horse (in Montana) via Glacier National Park.  Headed south to Waterton National Park just above the US border for a quick look as we had been there twice previously but it was on the way.  From Calgary almost to the park was extensive crop and cattle grazing and fattening usually in small feed lots.

                                



Trucks frequently seen near the meat works.

From Waterton Park, in Canada, it was a short drive to Chief Mountain Pass and the US border just to the east of the park and then down into St Mary where a turn off leads to the “Going to the Sun Highway” through Glacier National Park.  Both parks are one geographic entity split by the Canadian-US border with most of the land mass in the US.  It was late afternoon and the cloud lifted, so we got exceptional sun set views as we drove through for about 1.5 hours. Next day went back through galcier in revers direction where the wildlife gave a glimpse of a big grizzly bear and good photos of a cow moose.

A chance meeting with a horse trekking party revealed they had left 200 miles north of the Mexican border in May and travelled north along the Rockies at an average 18 miles a day and had five days left to reach the Canadian border.  The leader in the photos below was a genuine Ranch manager and an accomplished horseman.  His horse was a Mustang he had captured and within 10 days had gelded and had ridden it.  It was still not very friendly but he said it was the best horse for this job and would do anything he wanted.

Prince Edward Hotel at Waterton Park

Going to the Sun Highway - Glacier NP

Views changed constantly in Glacier NP

Resting cow Moose, her calf was nearby

Traveller by horse

With his horse



15 Sept.                 This was a relocation day to Livingston in south Montana, just above Yellowstone NP.  We travelled though a lot of country similar to the Mackenzie Basin, with odd irrigated areas and crop.  Angus cattle and Prong horned antelope were also frequently viewed.  Mandatory lunch and photo shoots also occurred.