Rockies Highlights

Sunrise at Patricia & Pyramid Lakes
(Friday, August 7)

Patricia Lake

Pyramid Lake

Sharing a mountaintop cup of coffee w/ 360 views w/ the backpacker dude on top of Whistler’s Mountain
(Friday, August 7)

That’s Mt. Robson in the upper right. Apparently you can rarely see it from the top of Whistlers.

A boat ride to a place mat viewpoint
(Saturday, August 8)

Spirit Island on Maligne Lake

A hike beyond the limits to a bonus 3-part waterfall!
(Sunday, August 9)

Stanley Falls hike. Falls #1 (looking down from above) is left, centre; Falls #5 & #6 upper centre; Stanley Falls, lower centre; Unnamed bonus falls, right.

Walking on an Ice Field: Enduring a Sleet Storm on the Athabasca Glacier
(Monday, August 10)

Heading the carillon’s invitation to Worship
Sunday, August 16

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Banff (w/ Mt Rundle in the background).

Tea at (almost) 7,000’
(Monday, August 17)

Lake Agnes Teahouse (upper left; upper right; lower half, left half (Rich w/ coffee cup))
Plain of 6 Glaciers Teahouse (lower right; upper half, right half (Rich w/ soup)
Big Beehive Lookout (lower half, left)
Lower left – on the Lake Agnes trail w/ Lake Louise, a small turquoise puddle behind & below us.
Lower centre – I love my rock. At the Lake Louise delta.
Top centre – Rich at the Lake Agnes head, before ascending the Big Beehive trail
Right upper half – A field of fireweed on a flat portion of the Highland Trail en route to the Plain of 6 Glaciers Teahouse

Seeing Stuff that Very Few People Make the Effort to See!

Maligne Lake from the Bald Hills trail
(Wednesday, August 12)

Rainbow from Old Fort summit w/ Lac Beauvert & Athabasca River (Jasper)
(Tuesday, August 11)

Mt Edith Cavell & the Angel Glacier (looking more like the Longhorn BBQ Sauce Glacier these days) from the Meadow trail
(Friday, August 7)

Bow Lake from the foot of the falls
(Friday, August 14)

Bow Glacier Falls from the foot of the falls
(Friday, August 14)

Waterfall at Stanley Glacier, Kootenay Nat’l Park
(Wednesday, August 19)

Up close at Wapta Falls (Yoho Nat’l Park)
(Thursday, August 20)…
… taken from just about here… 
… a wider shot for perspective.

Stay tuned for more (yes, more!) pictures!