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Fall in the Swan Valley [1]

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Date: 2024-10-24  

Today Meine Frau and I drove an hour south to view the Western Larch turning yellow and dropping their needles.

The western larch, commonly called a Tamarack, is a deciduous conifer, meaning that it will drop its needles in the fall and regrow them the following spring. It is native to western North America.

Swan River with the Mission Range in the background

The largest larch identified in the U.S., "Gus", can be found in Seely Lake at the southern end of the Swan Valley. Gus is more then a 1000 years old, slightly taller then the Statue of Liberty at 160 ft. The base is 7 ft in diameter.

Gus in his summer attire

The Swan Range, just beyond the peaks is the Bob Marshall Wilderness

Here is additional reading on the Montana's larch. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/13/land-of-the-larch/

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