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Lava Lake

David Howland — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:34:51 +0000

A tree and the forest reflected in Lava Lake, MT.

Late September

David Howland — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:36:42 +0000

Late September has been awesome here in Bozeman. The weather finally cooled off and the wind has been blowing incessantly. Great weather for hiking, camping, and bridge jumping. A distinct chill of winter is in the air.

This shot was taken on our return trip to Lava Lake.

We also returned to the bridge in Gallatin Canyon for bridge jumping. A late start meant that we got there after dark. The water was freezing. One jump was all I could stomach, and I shivered all the way back to Bozeman. It’s a great spot, though. I took some night shots of cars traveling up the canyon road.

These pictures are really noisy and not the best quality due to the high ISO I had to use to get enough light to the camera. I really need a tripod.

Lava Lake

David Howland — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:51:43 +0000

Tucker, Chase, Tim, and I did our first “real” Bozeman area hike today. The trail to Lava Lake is about three miles each way, with 1600 vertical feet of elevation gain. It’s a tough hike, but totally worth it. We took our time on the way up, stopping to wade/fall into the stream that follows the trail most of the way. The lake hides itself the entire hike until the trail turns and all of a sudden there’s a massive lake taking up the entire field of view. I would have loved to climb some of the surrounding peaks, but we ran out of daylight on the hike down as it was. The last mile and a half or so was hiked by headlamp, which was an interesting and ultimately enjoyable experience. It took us about 4 hours, including lengthy stops at the stream and the like, to hike the 6 miles. Not bad timing at all. I can’t wait to get out and explore the rest of the surrounding Spanish Peaks.

Some of the pictures are really blown out, unfortunately, because it was past the “golden hour” for light. I took some EV Stop images which I’ll merge into HDR pictures and post, if they work out at all.