October Elopment To Many Glacier’s Swiftcurrent Lake

Groom wraps his arm around his bride in front of a birch forest with fall color in Many Glacier.

Broken bones and gusting winds couldn’t stop this glacier love story

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A little broken, but unbeaten

This one was certainly a first for me as an elopement photographer. A few weeks before my flight out to Montana I received an email from bride Ashley. When I read “I have broken my leg” I assumed the next line would read “so we have canceled our elopement to Glacier National Park.” But oh no, the elopement was still on and Matt and Ashley weren’t going to let some broken bones mess with their romantic escape to Montana’s pristine wilderness. With a lot of guts, and some truly great friends, they made this an elopement all of us will never forget.

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Eloping to East Glacier’s Mountainous Wonderland

For their Glacier elopement destination Matt and Ashley had decided to elope to the eastern side of the park. The mountains of East Glacier rise abruptly creating towering monoliths of black stone that are usually dusted with snow creating a beautiful contrast. It’s by far my favorite area of the park. From their intimate ceremony on the windy (more like crazy windy) shores of Swiftcurrent Lake, home to the famous Many Glacier Hotel, to the final shots of the day at Running Eagle Falls near Two Medicine Lake, it was one jaw droppingly beautiful moment after another. And Ashley did it all with a broken leg in a cast! Talk about tough. But enough talk, you just have to see it for yourself!

Officiant stands with the groom as they wait for the bride to arrive for the ceremony.
Bride poses with her bridesmaids as they travel down the trail to the ceremony site at Swiftcurrent Lake.
Glacier National Park gets a bit chilly in October, especially with the gusting winds.
Best Man and Maid of Honor walk down the trail to the wedding ceremony.
Bridesmaid and groomsmen walk down the aisle.
Wedding party walks down the trail to the lakeside ceremony.
Bride walks herself down the aisle at her Glacier elopement despite having a broken leg.
Lakeside elopement ceremony in Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park elopement photographer captures a couples touching ceremony on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake in Many Glacier.
Intimate wedding ceremony in Many Glacier.
Groom smiles at his bride as they exchange their vows in Glacier National Park.
The sun peeks through the clouds to light this bride during her elopement ceremony.
Groom is glowing with happiness as he marries his best friend on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake.
Couple exchanges their vows and pledges their lives to one another in Montana.
Groom slips the wedding ring onto his new wife’s finger at their glacier elopement.
Groom slips the wedding ring onto his new wife’s finger at their glacier elopement.
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Glacier National Park’s Fall colors

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RUNNING EAGLE FALLS, TWO MEDICINE AREA

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