Pictures from Montana

I've decided to assemble these all in one topic. I used to take loads of pics of NYC but don't live there anymore... so have been taking pics of Montana. L'enjoy:


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Downtown Bozeman

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Downtown Bozeman again

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First snow in Bridger Mountain peaks, sometime in mid September

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Another view of the Bridger peaks' first snow

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Sitting at an intersection with heavy traffic

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Cruising down Interstate 90 at rush hour... city folks may laugh at our "traffic" now :P

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Clouds trapped over the Bridger Mountains during a September rain/snowstorm

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First accumulating snow of the year at the valley floor; October 6

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Another shot of our first October snowfall

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Bozeman after a surprise mid-November snowfall. My house is located dead-centre at the end of the street, right below the hill in the background

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Driving down Main looking toward the Bridgers in November

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Main St again, approaching downtown Bozeman

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Looking down a residential street after a wet snowfall

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Heaviest snowfall of the year IMBY; November 20

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Christmastime in downtown Bozeman

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MacDonald Pass, 12 mi W of Helena

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Reeders Village, Helena (ie, where all the town asshats live; pillage their houses now. Am hoping that Lewis and Clark doesn't live in Reeders Village >_>)

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State Capitol Building

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Where I lived for three years in Anaconda, MT. Anaconda, as you can probably tell, is what is often affectionately termed a "shithole" :tb2:

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Driving through a surprise June 2006 blizzard in a high valley location along I-15. Taken with cell-phone camera
 
Am hoping that Lewis and Clark doesn't live in Reeders Village >_>)

*chuckles* Nope.

Here's some cellphone pix from my drive back from Butte yesterday.

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Elk Park - lots of blowing snow, even some snow devils (like dust devils, but with snow) Elk Park is often like this.

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Canyons near Basin

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Canyons near Basin

Of course, when I got back to Helena, it was sunny and dry. And still is, while there's a winter storm in the mountains.
 
Sitting at an intersection with heavy traffic

I had to laugh at that. I can clearly distinguish 11 cars in the picture, plus the one you sit in, gives 12. That's not very heavy!

Don't get me wrong, I come from a shithole nearly as shitty as Anaconda perhaps, but nevertheless I can tell what heavy traffic is! :P
Otherwise, wonderful snow, wonderful mountains (are there skiing areas there?)!
I always wondered whether there was one town in North America who knows the concept of pedestrian precinct. Bozeman not, obviously.
 
Sitting at an intersection with heavy traffic

I had to laugh at that. I can clearly distinguish 11 cars in the picture, plus the one you sit in, gives 12. That's not very heavy!

Don't get me wrong, I come from a shithole nearly as shitty as Anaconda perhaps, but nevertheless I can tell what heavy traffic is! :P
Otherwise, wonderful snow, wonderful mountains (are there skiing areas there?)!
I always wondered whether there was one town in North America who knows the concept of pedestrian precinct. Bozeman not, obviously.
Wow, I posted this topic, then completely forgot about it. Anyway...

YES we have skiing :D I'm about 45 minutes from one of the largest ski resorts in the world, supposedly (Big Sky) with the largest vertical drop on earth (again, supposedly). And, actually, Helena, Montana has a little shopping district that's closed off to cars.

Speaking of skiing, I ski to work daily. I took some pics today :D

First I walk two blocks to the trail:
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pwned by the snowplow:
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Empty field:
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Duck crossing! The town keeps a few ponds around town heated so the ducks can stay here year-round. I pick up the trail right beyond this sign.
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Tranquility within the city limits:
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Langor Gardens:
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Ah, they told me that the biggest skiing area in the world was around here (1 hour), Portes du Soleil. 650 km of tracks! I envy you for thy snow everywhere. On the other hand, the cloud that is just ahead looks like snow, too!
 
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