Yesterday, I accompanied some friends from Australia, Henry Kaye and Julie Green on a helicopter trip to Mount Assiniboine for a look at the glaciers up close and of course the scenery along the way. Our route is illustrated on the following map (the longer trip, southwest to Mount Assiniboine). It’s a 50-60 km round…
Month: July 2015
Headwall Lakes, Kananaskis
The Headwall Lakes are located about 40 km south of Canmore, on the Spray Lakes Road. They lie in a valley between two mountains, Mt. Chester and Mt. James Walker at an elevation of ~2,300 metres (7,545 ft.) The upper lake spills into the lower lake, which in turn drains via Headwall Creek into Smith-Dorrien Creek then south…
Elpoca Mountain (B&W)
On our return from Elbow Lake, last Friday I got some good shots of Elpoca Mountain. After looking at it again, I realized this picture could be better in black and white. I made the conversion to test my belief. I was not disappointed. So, today’s post is a simple one, one photograph only: Elpoca Mountain,…
Elbow Lake
Elbow Lake is located in the Elbow Pass north of the Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta. Elbow Lake lies at an elevation of 2,120 m (~7,000 ft) and is the headwater of the Elbow River. In my last post, on Bow Lake I reported that I was at the headwater of the Bow River,…