See the story behind the images at Nevada High Points #103 — Montana Mountains – Trail Option
![Coyote dust. Evening above Coyote Point, Kings River Valley, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/5f82b192-1b8d-4dae-8050-00325b051a76_rw_1920.jpg?h=9beb1a0d3885837d1dfb7ae6763fb847)
Coyote dust. Evening above Coyote Point, Kings River Valley, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Caldera remnants. Outcrops on the western escarpment of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/25a2d60f-6b18-47b3-a910-0d34a67d485f_rw_1920.jpg?h=e3bfabda3c3ca70ec10bed7a51a50d2f)
Caldera remnants. Outcrops on the western escarpment of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Sound attention. A mule deer peers from a shady alcove in the rimrock of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/3619701a-db98-4f42-bd19-a19cfabb6290_rw_1920.jpg?h=bdb35e4c2ecb9e361beb61cc2bd6c44f)
Sound attention. A mule deer peers from a shady alcove in the rimrock of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![No trail. A Great Basin or Western Rattlesnake waits on an evening hunt, Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/97767e94-0b6b-4a01-865f-83c731f0774f_rw_1920.jpg?h=68aa162dfce4d52159839b98afb1a383)
No trail. A Great Basin or Western Rattlesnake waits on an evening hunt, Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Motionless. The Great Basin Rattlesnake waits, Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/288c85cf-4eab-4a6b-b5d6-6042eed17069_rw_1920.jpg?h=4c1998acfad063bd2707b3eb6484012f)
Motionless. The Great Basin Rattlesnake waits, Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Mine VABM. The unassuming high point of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/e1c7179a-b397-4169-8b56-663ec8915cd9_rw_1920.jpg?h=e6a98763dd6f91f5cc5dbc48ca6454b4)
Mine VABM. The unassuming high point of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Fading distance. Kings River into Desert Valley from the high point of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/247d1c7a-78d4-4146-819b-f480d9e81dae_rw_1920.jpg?h=472452394a5fa96a61c93649a5c467c2)
Fading distance. Kings River into Desert Valley from the high point of the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Pivot and bins. Kings River Valley, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/0664d04e-5914-41ef-b88d-79ae58942b05_rw_1920.jpg?h=e5b8f79b1ebc975af6e49ab7dbd305ec)
Pivot and bins. Kings River Valley, Great Basin Desert, NV
![Six hens. Sage Grouse in the Montana Mountains, Great Basin Desert, NV](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/3ab98587-2f78-4bb4-8b69-482d1bd2a196_rw_1920.jpg?h=37d0b95d02f1342650bcd5f9d726d015)