This spectacular view from high on Apgar Mountain is to the northeast, over Lake McDonald. The elevation is 5,236 feet. Although this picture was taken only about 3 minutes after the first picture, which was from the shore of Lake McDonald, in the distances and beyond the Mission Mountains, you can see that it is already sunny. Most of this image is still in shadow because the sun hasn’t yet fully crested the mountaintops. The sunny area in the distance is so far away that it isn’t in the shadow of the mountains.
Oh my goodness at the beauty.
Imagine how it must have been like to the first person who saw this view!