This weekend I had the pleasure of getting out into the mountains, accompanied by nine friends for a hike on snowshoes. I hadn’t been snowshoeing for a very long time and wasn’t certain what to expect. Our destination was Watridge Lake, a round-trip of 7.2 km (4.5 mi) from the trailhead at Mount Shark. By hiking standards…
Category: Alberta
Ice and Moving Water
While photographing the glorious skies pictured in yesterday’s blog, Lenticular Clouds I did not fail to notice some interesting patterns in the ice bordering the river. I was a little surprised to see open water at this time of the year at this particular location, the Bow River Flats. The water in this area is…
Lenticular Clouds
Today, like many recent days was a good day for photography. Bright sunny skies, moderate temperature and some nice snow cover. My neighbour, Stu Hamilton and I had planned to go out late in the afternoon with the hope of getting a nice sunset on the Three Sisters. Our planned destination was the Bow River…
Back Porch Sunrise View
Sunrise comes a little late in Canmore these days, 8:41 am today (expecting earlier tomorrow after we set our clocks back). So you can understand that it is not unusual to be up before sunrise, even on a Saturday. I was downstairs for awhile and came up for a coffee at just about sunrise. I…
Larch Valley
This past week I participated in a hike to Larch Valley, located due south of Lake Louise. Our group departed from the Moraine Lake Lodge, trekking 2-1/2 kilometres westward up the valley. This hike is one of the great favourites of hikers and we were fortunate to be able to go during mid-week. Larch Valley…