Much of the old growth forest habitat in Glacier National Park resides along Lake McDonald and Avalanche Creek, on the way to the Going-to-the-Sun Road and Logan Pass—our world’s version of Middle Earth’s dark and damp Lothlórien, as compared to the airy Rivendell of Logan Pass, for the Tolkien fans out there.

We drove up the North Fork road on the southwest edge of the park, looking for likely spots that captured the essence of the river bottom habitat—water, meadows, big peaks in the background.

How do we film a 360 video in Glacier National Park? Read on to find out.

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