"...The reason we love it so much is that it takes us back to winter, our
bikes somehow feel like we’re riding lightest and deepest snow, only at
75 degrees and in short sleeves. Riding through fields exploding in the
white, softball size blooms of the bear grass, many at perfect handlebar
height, can be just as much fun as skiing the best run of the winter...."
-Phil Grove, from Ben's Beargrass, 21 May 2018 essay at Eskapee
Other-worldly beargrass, blooming late in the season, beckons to come further up the mountain path at the top of the Continental Divide at Rogers Pass (elevation 5610 ft)
(Alas, we did not heed the call, partly because we are more akin now to City Mouse and are dreadfully afraid of bears...)
Finally, I’ve badgered another photographer into submitting a guest post - Hooray for skills learned as the baby sister!
Today’s top-of-the-world view is courtesy of Paul Daniels, IT wizard and sometime backroads boulder-dodger.
If you take it slow (and aren’t driving a low-rider), you too could ascend 8,000+ feet above sea level and view the beargrass up on Morell Mountain, in the Seeley-Swan range. The blooming’s long past in lower regions, but higher elevations mean cooler temps that allow for this delayed wildflower display.
Thanks for sharing, Paul, and for visually inspiring us to gas up and get out to see more of Montana’s great outdoors.
