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163 images Created 12 Jan 2012

View Tom Dempsey's favorite photos of Canadian mountain parks (highlights selected from extensive separate galleries).

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  • A yellow canoe plies blue-green Moraine Lake in Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 5 images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Berg Glacier and Berg Lake are a wonderful backpacking destination in Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet) is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies, and is part of the Rainbow Range. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Larch trees with yellow fall colors contrast with burnt forest, on the flanks of Akamina Ridge above Wall Lake, in Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The loop hike to Forum and Wall Lakes via Akamina Ridge is 12 miles with 3440 feet ascent & descent. The trailhead is in Alberta, accessible by road from Waterton Park.
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  • Swirling orange & blue rock pattern. Lake of the Hanging Glacier Trail, Purcell Range, Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Fall foliage colors on Crandell Lake Trail, Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • A line of three Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) cruise the highway in Waterton Park townsite, Alberta, Canada. Wild sheep crossed the Bering land bridge from Siberia during the Pleistocene (about 750,000 years ago) and spread across western North America as far south as Baja California and northwestern Mexico. Genetic divergence from their closest Asian ancestor (snow sheep) occurred about 600,000 years ago.
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  • Hike to Burgess Pass to admire the President Range above Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Walk here between Mount Field and Mount Wapta beneath the famous Burgess Shale Formation (a side trail only accessible with BSGF licensed guides), one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, famous for its extraordinary diversity and preservation of the soft parts of Middle Cambrian animals (505 million years old). The Emerald Triangle makes a fine hike of 20 km (12 miles, with 3200 feet gain) around Emerald Lake and over Burgess Pass and Yoho Pass. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Rent canoes for paddling on pristine waters at Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Herbert Lake reflects peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 3 images shot on film. Published on the cover of John Steel Rail Tours corporate brochure 2006, www.johnsteel.com. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lichen polygons. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Morning fog breaks to reveal the President Range above Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Emerald Triangle makes a fine hike of 20 km (12 miles, with 3200 feet gain) around Emerald Lake and over Burgess Pass and Yoho Pass. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 6 overlapping images.
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  • Ancient orange and blue rocks form patterns in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The shoulder of Nub Peak gives an impressive view of Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet) and Wedgewood Peak rising above Lake Magog, Sunburst Lake, and Cerulean Lake (left to right) in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet), Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Cathedral Mountain Lodge in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping images.
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  • Peyto Lake, Mistaya Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • See Mount Athabasca (left, 3491 meters or 11,453 feet) from Icefields Parkway near Sunwapta Pass in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • A composite flower with purple petals and yellow center, blooms in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Lichen on rock inscribes orange, yellow, black and white patterns in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet elevation), highest peak in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, rises above Berg Lake, in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, CANADA. Ground foliage turns red in mid September. Berg Lake (1641 meters or 5385 feet elevation) has a beautiful turquoise color created by glacial sediments suspended in the water. Leaves of low-growing bushes have changed from summer green to a blazing red color in late September. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2004.
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  • A waterfall flows from Snowbird Pass, above the toe of Robson Glacier in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Global warming alert: during the past century, Robson Glacier has receded an average of 18 meters per year (1788 meters total from 1911-2010, www.glacierchange.org), and has accelerating melting to 22 meters per year since 1996. An inventory of western Canada glaciers (by Bolch et al 2010) found that from 1985-2005, British Columbia glaciers lost 11% of their area and Alberta glaciers lost 25% of their area. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
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  • The Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) rises above Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain.
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  • Aspen trees at Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet in the Rainbow Range), whose summit is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson Provincial Park (in British Columbia, Canada) is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Columbine flower (genus Aquilegia, in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae). Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A metal ladder assists hikers on the Spires Trail which ascends steeply to Conrad Kain Hut (6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain), in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Bugaboo Glacier. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Snowpatch Spire (3084 meters / 10,118 feet), seen from the Spires Trail near Conrad Kain Hut (6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain), in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A fall storm threatens rain over larch forest, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Over time, Lichen etches rock into polygon patterns in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • At Middle Joffre Lake, see Stonecrop Glacier on Slalok Mountain in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park of British Columbia, near Pemberton, in the Coast Range, Canada. A rough, rocky, steep hike of 10 kilometers round trip ascends (400 meters up) by a rushing stream to three beautiful turquoise lakes (colored by glacial silt reflecting green and blue sunlight).
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  • Boisduval blue butterfly (Plebejus icarioides, in the Lepidoptera order of insects), gather in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Starting from Sunshine Meadows in Banff National Park, walk to Rock Isle Lake in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. To reach Rock Isle Lake, drive or shuttle 8 kilometers west of the town of Banff, ride the gondola to Sunshine Village, and hike 1.4 kilometers (1 mile) one way. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 2 images.
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  • Sunrise illuminates clouds with orange light at Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 6 overlapping images.
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  • Fern shadows on backlit skunk cabbage leaf. Skunk Cabbage Trail, Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • See Matier Glacier from Upper Joffre Lake, in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park of British Columbia, near Pemberton, in the Coast Range, Canada. A rough, rocky, steep hike of 10 kilometers round trip ascends (400 meters up) by a rushing stream to three beautiful turquoise lakes (colored by glacial silt reflecting green and blue sunlight). This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • A bicycle on the Icefields Parkway near Saskatchewan Crossing (5000 feet elevation) rides by spectacular peaks exceeding 10,000 feet elevation in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Sunrise light strikes Snowpatch Spire (10,050 feet) and reflects in a mountain pond (tarn) in Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Bugaboos are a range in the Purcell Mountains, which are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which are west of the Rocky Mountain Trench. (Some USA maps label the “Percell Mountains” where their southern limit protrudes into the states of Idaho and Montana.) The igneous Bugaboo intrusion of 135 million years ago cooled into hard crystalline granite and was scraped into spires by glaciers eroding surrounding rock dating from 600 million to 1 billion years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Walk a short loop around Red Rock Canyon in Waterton Lakes National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. In 1932, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park joined Glacier National Park in Montana with Waterton. UNESCO honored Waterton-Glacier as a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Geology: Rocks in these parks are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks.
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  • A pink flower of Dwarf fireweed (Myrtales Onagraceae Epilobium latifolium is the order family genus species) blooms in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Egypt Lake reflects peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 8 images.
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  • Berg Glacier and Berg Lake are a scenic backpacking destination in Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet) is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies, and is part of the Rainbow Range. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. On the right is Mount Beatty Glacier. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • A red canoe paddles towards Emerald Lake Lodge, beneath Mount Burgess (2599 metres / 8527 feet) in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. For 17 years, Mount Burgess was featured on the Canadian ten dollar bill. Published in Wilderness Travel 2004 Catalog of Adventures.
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  • A pond south of Sentinel Pass reflects the Valley of the Ten Peaks, in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The peaks are Mounts Fay (3235 meters / 10,613 feet), Little (3088 m / 10,131 ft), Bowlen (3072 m / 10,079 ft), Tonsa (3057 m / 10,030 ft), Perren (3051 m / 10,010 ft), Allen (3310 m / 10,860 ft), Tuzo (3246 m / 10,650 ft), Deltaform (3424 m / 11,234 ft), and Neptuak (3233 m / 10,607 ft) from left to right. Banff is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 3 images.
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  • The shoulder of Nub Peak gives an impressive view of Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet) and Lake Magog, Sunburst Lake, Cerulean Lake, and Elizabeth Lake (left to right), in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 5 images.
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  • Lichen polygons. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet), Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Hike the Mount Edith loop trail (8 miles) over Cory Pass near the pinnacle of Mount Louis, in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Stitched from 3 overlapping images.
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  • Autumn leaves turn red againts yellow lichen on the forest floor of Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • On Mount Edith Cavell, Angel Glacier lies in a cirque above Cavell Glacier and Cavell Pond, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • Harmony Lake reflects trees and blue sky along the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. See Blackcomb Mountain (2440 meters) and ski area in the Spearhead Range across Fitzsimmons Valley. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for year-round outdoor sports. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Starting from the top of Peak Express chairlift, mountain bikers ride down Whistler Peak in British Columbia, Canada. Castle Towers Mountain rises to 2676 meters elevation (8780 feet) in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for year-round  outdoor sports aided by gondolas and chair lifts.
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  • From the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, admire turquoise Cheakamus Lake and glacier-clad peaks in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. The beautiful lake is colored by glacial silt reflecting reflecting green and blue sunlight.
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  • Mount Assiniboine (3618 meters / 11,870 feet), Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. Panorama stitched from 4 images.
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  • Magenta flowers. The Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) rises above Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain.
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  • Historically, humans have mined the Paint Pots, natural ochre beds in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Paint Pots formed by the accumulation of iron oxide around the outlets of three cold mineral springs. The Ktunaxa (formerly Kootenay), Stoney, and Blackfoot tribes collected ochre here for important ceremonies and trade. The yellow ochre was cleaned, kneaded with water into walnut sized balls, then flattened into cakes and baked. The red powder was mixed with fish oil or animal grease to paint their bodies, tipis, clothing or pictures on the rocks.  In the early 1900s, Europeans hand-dug and sacked the ochre for hauling 24 kilometers via horse-drawn wagons to the Canadian Pacific Railway line at present-day Castle Mountain, where it was shipped by train to Calgary and became a pigment base for paint.
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  • On Stanley Glacier Trail, a waterfall plunges from the sheer walls of Stanley Peak, in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Jagged Mount Lyautey (9990 ft / 3045 m) rises above Upper Kananaskis River, as seen from Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 500 ft gain in, 300 ft out). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) rises above Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain.
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  • Purple aster flowers along the Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut (6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain), in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants.
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  • Mt Kidd along Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail), Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Worthington (2915 m or 9564 ft) reflects in Three Isle Lake (2180 m) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Canadian Rocky Mountains reflect in the Kootenay River, in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A waterfall plunges from the sheer walls of Stanley Peak, along Stanley Glacier Trail in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Lawson Lake reflects the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • The Lieutenants Range rises above Lake of the Hanging Glacier in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The trailhead is 1.5 hours drive west of Radium Hot Springs on the dirt Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road. High clearance vehicle recommended. On 2018 July 19, via rough but dry roads plus two small streams crossed, our Toyota Prius V made it carefully to parking at 1 km from the trailhead, making the spectacular hike 11.7 miles round trip with 3100 feet cumulative gain. The scenic reward was worth hiking over and under 60 fallen trees each way.
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  • Coyote on roadside in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Paget Peak Lookout and Cathedral Mountain. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • From North Kananaskis Pass on the border of Alberta, view peaks in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Beatty Glacier, seen across Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • At Putnik's Pond, admire the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Bighorn Sheep / Ovis canadensis at Radium Hot Springs village, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Marble Canyon embraces Tokumm Creek just above its confluence with the Vermilion River, at the north end of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. For over 500 million years before tectonic forces thrust up the Rocky Mountains, a shallow tropical sea deposited carbonate sediments that became the limestone and dolomite rock seen in Kootenay's "Marble Canyon."
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  • Eastward view from the headwall below Three Isle Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Hiking below Beatty Glacier, east of North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Beatty Glacier, seen across Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Bunchberry flowers (or Dwarf Dogwood; Cornus canadensis) grow near lichen polygons on a rock. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Orange and yellow lichen pattern. Lake of the Hanging Glacier Trail, Purcell Range, Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • The Jumbo Glacier perches precariously above Lake of the Hanging Glacier in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The trailhead is 1.5 hours drive west of Radium Hot Springs on the dirt Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road, where a high-clearance vehicle is recommended.
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  • Boom Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. This is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • The Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) rises above Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • "CAUTION GOPHER HOLES" sign, seen from Southern Yellowhead Highway BC-5, south of Valemount,  in the Monashee Mountains, part of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Blue lupine flowers bloom beneath Mount Robson (3954 meters or 12,972 feet), whose summit is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson Provincial Park (in British Columbia, Canada) is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site listed by UNESCO in 1984. This image was stitched from 2 photos having near and far focus for great depth of field.
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  • Fog enshrouds peaks over Snaring River Overflow Campground, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, honored by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Rowboats at Beaver Lake, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. With 1km of rerouting discouraging our bikes on flooded Jacques Lake Trail on 01 July 2019, we instead hiked on foot for 6 miles to scenic Beaver Lake, then nearly to Summit Lake before turned back by rain, in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, honored by UNESCO in 1984. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Colin rises above a bicycle rider, north of Snaring River Overflow Campground, in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta. We bicycled from Snaring River Overflow Campground to Ewan & Madeline Moberly Homestead (1903 log cabin) and Corral Creek (10 miles round trip). Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, listed by UNESCO.
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  • We bicycled from Snaring River Overflow Campground to Corral Creek shown here (10 miles round trip), in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Along the way, see Ewan & Madeline Moberly Homestead (1903 log cabin). Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, listed by UNESCO. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Historic 1903 Ewan & Madeline Moberly Homestead in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. We bicycled on the gravel road from Snaring River Overflow Campground to Moberly Homestead and Corral Creek (10 miles round trip). Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, listed by UNESCO. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Lilium philadelphicum (also known as the wood lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily, or western red lily) is a perennial species of lily native to North America. Its red orange blooms have yellow at their center with dark red spots. We bicycled on the gravel road from Snaring River Overflow Campground to Ewan & Madeline Moberly Homestead (1903 log cabin) and Corral Creek (10 miles round trip) in Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, listed by UNESCO.
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  • The Beaver Sculpture by Alex Lojczyc arrived at Beaverlodge in 2004, on Highway 43, County of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. This statue is of a North American beaver (Castor canadensis). [By the way, the now-extinct Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was the largest rodent ever in North America. It lived from 130,000-10,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene Epoch. Skeletal remains of this extinct rodent were first discovered in 1837. Castoroides ohioensis measured up to 8 feet long, weighing 480 pounds, and differed in appearance from the modern sculpture pictured here.]
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  • Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway, at Dawson Creek, in British Columbia, Canada. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • An orange & red patina of rust & crackled paint at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Old rusting truck at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • An orange & red patina of rust & crackled paint at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Old wagon wheel. Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Stone Sheep (Ovis dalli stonei), Stone Mountain Provincial Park, Alaska Highway, British Columbia, Canada. Stone Sheep (Ovis dalli stonei) are a southern subspecies of Thinhorn sheep native to northwestern North America, slate brown in colour with some white patches on the rump and inside of the hind legs, and having curved yellowish brown horns. Stone's Sheep are primarily found in Northern British Columbia and can often be seen by travellers licking minerals along the side of the Alaska Highway in areas such as Summit Lake in Stone Mountain Provincial Park and Muncho Lake Provincial Park.
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  • Muncho Lake Provincial Park, Alaska Highway, British Columbia, Canada. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • Sundew carnivorous plant (Drosera genus). Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, Alaska Highway, British Columbia, Canada. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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