Montana over the Continental Divide

Montana was panning out pretty much the same as Wyoming (flat and uninteresting) until we hit the wildfire area in the Northern part of the state. Just after the first fires we came across (at Lincoln) came the lakes and mountains here that people fall in love with Montana for.  This started with Seeley Lake (north of Missoula). From there, heading North staying on the Divide, with a deviation through the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area (Hungry Horse Reservoir) and Glacier National Park, we saw some of the best scenery Montana has to offer. 


I took the opportunity in Butte, on an AirBnb stay, to do some maintenance and swap the high altitude jet back to the standard one.  We were officially out of the mountain zone and my bike had the power of a hairdryer at 2000m.  Then I changed the jet and it was back to its normal state of affairs as a turbo jetted drag star.  Well, a slight exaggeration there, but it was better for sure. 



Heading North through forestry from Seeley Lake.  The route was similar to Wyoming though, wide and dusty gravel roads, with limited technicality. 




 
Camping on Hungry Horse Reservoir (above and below).



Crossing the Hungry Horse Reservoir Dam (above) with Ospreys nesting (below), we rode south along the shore for 100km through the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area to the Spotted Bear Ranger Station.







Donkey Surfing in Columbia Falls (below).


Glacier National Park (below)





Ground Squirrels at the Parks Visitor Centre (below).






Wildfires are still burning (below) heading out of Glacier National Park.



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