Jewels of the Rockies Two weeks ago, I made a trip with my son and his daughters to Lake Louise to visit the lake itself and nearby Moraine Lake. These two lakes are among the best known icons of Banff National Park and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Over the past 5-6 years, awareness of the…
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Yahoo Yoho
Yoho National Park Earlier this week, I traveled to Yoho National Park, west of Lake Louise in British Columbia. This area is a longtime favourite of mine and my companion on this occasion, Bob Bear. This post is structured as a story, chronicling the Kicking Horse River’s path over a distance of ~10 km, between…
Lakes and More Lakes
Today, I’m posting photographs from the three lakes we visited on our July 17th photography day. The three locations we visited, following the Montane Traverse were Bow Lake, Herbert Lake and the Vermilion Lakes, all in Banff National Park. I’ve selected my favourites from among the shots I took, for inclusion in this post. Bow…
Montane Traverse
Canmore, AB Earlier this week, July 17th to be specific, I had the opportunity to spend the day with two longtime friends, Bob and Stewart taking photographs. The day began at 9:30, when Bob and I embarked on the Montane Traverse, a 7.1-km loop trail near Canmore. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes…
Summer Morning
Along the Bow Summer has finally arrived. Yesterday morning, I arose early anticipating good light conditions for photography. I walked down to a large meadow not far from home, just in time for the sun cresting Grotto Mountain on the opposite side of the Bow River. The sun itself was largely obscured by a large…