DONNIE SEXTON
DONNIE SEXTON
cier National Park's most special experiences: a trek on skis or snowshoes with Glacier Adventure Guides' Greg Fortin, followed by a night camping in one of his custom-built snow caves. With no motorized vehicles in the interior of the Park during the winter months, Glacier is one of the most striking of examples of how the changing seasons can transform a place. The scale of an already enormous landscape is more evident, the distractions are fewer, and a "wow" moment is waiting around every corner.
Winter changes most of Montana's wildlife—in some cases for the better. In the warm season, the early bird gets the worm and the early angler gets the fish, but when the lakes are frozen, the fish don't really get mov- ing until around mid-day. This is ice fishermen's big secret: they appear hard-core, trudging across the ice in heavy coats, but unlike their summer brethren, they slept in this morning and enjoyed a big breakfast before head- ing outside.
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DISTINCTLY MONTANA • WINTER 2011
