Canadian Rocky Mountains
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Index to this page: Mount
Robson PP , Banff NP , Jasper NP , mountain
goats , bighorn sheep , Mount Assiniboine PP
, Kootenay NP
See other CANADA pages: Bicycling
Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Banff ~ Bugaboo
Provincial Park, BC ~ Waterton-Glacier
International Peace Park ~ Garibaldi
Provincial Park ~ Bowron
Lake Canoeing Tale
The following Canadian Rocky Mountains parks comprise a
spectacular
World Heritage Area registered by UNESCO in 1984: Banff
National
Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National
Park, Yoho National Park, Hamber Provincial
Park,
Mount Assiniboine Provincial
Park, and Mount Robson
Provincial Park.
These mountains rival any in the world for breathtaking beauty.
Mount Robson Provincial Park, BC:
Image on Left: The north face of Mount
Robson (3,954 meters /
12,972 feet, the highest
peak in the Canadian Rockies), rises high
above
blue-green Berg Lake (1641 meters / 5385 feet elevation). The
beautiful
turquoise color of Berg Lake is caused by finely powdered glacial
sediments suspended in the water. Visiting Berg Lake requires
backpacking 22 kilometers (13 miles) one way to a campground, in Mount
Robson Provincial Park, British
Columbia, Canada. In
the
foreground of this image, the leaves of low-growing bushes have changed
from their summer green to a blazing red color in late September.
[Published
in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2004.]
[Upon request, I also can show you an image of
the south
face of Mount Robson, which can be seen from a popular & impressive
viewpoint on
TransCanada Highway 16.]
Above: Berg Glacier drops ice bergs into Berg
Lake. Mount Robson (3,954 meters / 12,972 feet) is not only the
highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, but is one of the most impressive
and beautiful sights in British Columbia, Canada.
Left: Mount Robson in late September with red and yellow fall foliage
in the foreground. Mount Robson Provincial Park, one of the
oldest in British Columbia, contains the headwaters of the Fraser River.
Below right: An exposure over many hours creates
star trails at night behind Mount Robson. Carol flashed me and I
flashed Carol separately to add our images to this single exposure.
Above: This is the more familiar Mount Robson view, from Highway 16
(The "Yellowhead Route" between Jasper and Tete Jaune Cache), with
pretty yellow leaves and white trunks of aspen trees.
Banff National Park, Alberta:
Reflections of Banff National Park in a pond near Lake Louise. [Published
on the cover of John Steel Rail Tours corporate brochure 2006, www.johnsteel.com.]
Above: Peyto Lake, near Bow Pass, Banff National Park.
Below: Aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains, Banff
National Park.
Left: Aspen trees.
Below right: Yellow aspen leaves, Banff National Park
Left: Waterfalls and fall colors in Johnston Canyon, Banff NP, Alberta.
[This
image was licensed by Tennessee Valley
Bottling
Company, Alabama, for use in a 1/4 page marketing screening for a water
bottle label.]
Below right: Yellow aspen leaves, Banff National Park:
Below right: Jagged peak in Banff National Park.
Mountain Goats:
Mountain goat at a salt lick.
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Baby mountain goat, Kootenay National Park,
British Columbia.
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Bighorn Sheep:
Left: We bicycled right by these feisty young Rocky Mountain
Bighorn
Sheep who were climbing a road cut on the Bow Valley Parkway, Banff
National
Park.
Below right: Wild rocky mountain bighorn
sheep at Radium Hot
Springs, Kootenay
National Park, British Columbia.
Jasper National Park, Alberta:
Left: Mount Edith Cavell, and Lake Edith Cavell, seen from a day
hike in Jasper National Park.
Below right: The Icefields
Parkway crosses the Athabasca River, Jasper NP.
Above: A river and mountain scene along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper
National Park.
For more images of Jasper National Park, see: Bicycling
Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Banff
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park,
British Columbia:
Left: Lake Magog reflects Mount Assiniboine.
Below right: the steep pyramid of Mount
Assiniboine, the "Matterhorn of Canada", rises high above larch trees
which are turning yellow in late September.
Left and below right: the pyramid of Mount Assiniboine.
Left: Lake Magog
reflects Mount Assiniboine, in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park,
British Columbia. (Image also available with a person standing on the
beach for scale.)
Kootenay National Park, BC:
Above: The Rockwall soars 1000 meters (3300 feet) over Floe Lake, as
seen from a hiker shelter. The Rockwall's east-facing cliffs form the
backbone of the Vermilion Range, which stretches nearly 40 kilometers
(24 miles).
Above: Sunrise light on the Rockwall reflects in Floe Lake, a
backpacking destination (13 miles round trip from the
Banff-Radium Highway) in Kootenay National Park, BC.
Above: Sunrise light on the Rockwall at Floe Lake.
Left: Forest floor detail, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.
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Forest floor detail,
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia
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Yoho National Park, BC:
Above: Emerald Lake Lodge, Yoho National Park. [Published
in Wilderness
Travel 2004 Catalog of Adventures.]
Left:
Photographer Tom Dempsey in Yoho NP.
Below right: Canoeing Emerald Lake, Yoho
National Park, British
Columbia.
Above: Rock etched into polygons by lichen. Yoho National Park.
[To see worldwide highlights of my abstract images,
see My Fine Art Gallery: Abstracts.]
Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia. [To
see highlights of my worldwide abstract images, see My Fine Art Gallery: Abstracts.]
Liverwort plants, Yoho National Park
Fall color leaves. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Left: Club moss, Yoho National Park, British Columbia
Left:
Colorful mold on rotting log.
Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Above right: Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park,
BC
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Pink and blue-green mold on log.
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Fall storm over larch forest, Yoho National Park,
British Columbia. This hike is accessible from Lake O'Hara.
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Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta:
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site
is comprised of: 1) Waterton Lakes National Park (see images below),
in Alberta, Canada, and 2) Glacier National Park,
Montana, USA (click for related images)
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An unusually calm day at Waterton
Lake seen from
Waterton Park
Campground, Alberta, Canada.
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Left: Red Rock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Below right: Hikers crossing Carthew Pass, Waterton
Lakes National
Park, Alberta,
Canada.
Above: Colorful stream bed in Red Rock Canyon, in the Clark
Range, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta,
Canada.
Above: Orange yellow eroding rock pattern on the spectacular
Carthew traverse in Waterton Lakes National Park,
Alberta,
Canada.
Left: The riverside Lussier Hot Springs,
near Canal Flats, British Columbia.
Copyright 1995-2003 by Tom
Dempsey. Photographs may not be copied without permission.
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Index to this page: Mount
Robson PP , Banff NP ,
Jasper NP , mountain
goats , bighorn sheep
, Mount Assiniboine PP
, Kootenay NP
See other CANADA pages: Bicycling
Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Banff ~ Bugaboo
Provincial Park, BC ~ Waterton-Glacier
International Peace Park ~ Garibaldi
Provincial Park ~ Bowron
Lake Canoeing Tale
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