I’ve now been home in Alberta since early May. Last week, I resumed photography, having paused after some pretty intensive shooting in April. Last week, I went out with Bob Bear to begin a project we’ve undertaken for this summer. We plan to photograph our favourite scenes along the Ice Field Parkway, between Lake Louise…
Category: Glaciers
Glacier National Park
The second day of our trip concentrated on Glacier National Park, located east of Revelstoke National Park in British Columbia. Glacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia. Established in 1886, the park encompasses 1,349 km² (1,215 miles²) and includes a portion of the Selkirk Mountains. We spent most of our…
Scenes from the Icefields Parkway
On the final day of our Northern Alberta tour, we traveled along Highway 93 south, known as the Icefields Parkway. It’s a 232 km (145 mile) stretch of double-lane highway winding along the Continental Divide between the Towns of Jasper and Lake Louise. We traveled at a leisurely pace, stopping along the way to take…
Bow Lake
I recently went on a photo excursion to an old favourite location along the Icefields Parkway, Bow Lake. I went with two friends and fellow photographers, Bob Bear and Hugh Williamson. We had been alerted that the lake was still frozen over and to our pleasant surprise, the ice was now melting, breaking up and…
Trek to Burstall Pass
This week I participated in a hike to Burstall Pass, located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, about 45 km south of Canmore. I met my group at the trailhead, just off the Smith-Dorrien Highway at 9:30 am and soon after we set off to our destination. Burstall Pass is one of more than 1,000 named…