Western Alberta/Rocky Mountain Landscapes...March 2010 landscapes

**casil403** · 03-28-2010, 10:13 PM

More shots at/in the bog:

**Iguanasan** · 03-28-2010, 10:27 PM

Not sure how I missed this thread so far but I'm glad I didn't miss it entirely. Nice shooting. I too thought the ice was a little thin

This is some really beautiful country and you are capturing it nicely. Thanks for sharing.

**casil403** · 03-28-2010, 10:48 PM

So what a difference a month makes...I was at this same beaver pond in the middle of February and it was frozen over almost as was Vermillion Lake.
Here it is a month later.
Snowy Mount Cascade peeking over Mount Norquay

Mount Rundle:

And the town of Banff, Alberta as seen from Mount Norquay. Mount Rundle is the famous mountain to the left with Tunnel Mountain below her. Looking though the town you can see the Spray Lakes/Kananaskis area in the distance. The mountain on the extreme right is Sulphur Mountain.

**Bandit** · 03-28-2010, 10:55 PM

Beautiful!!

**mbrager** · 03-28-2010, 11:45 PM

Last shot of the Banff townsite is wonderful. Thanks for taking us along on your daycation.
Mike

**Mad Aussie** · 03-28-2010, 11:53 PM

Wow ... look at that town nestled under those monsters! Love it.

**casil403** · 03-29-2010, 07:21 AM

Next stop was Bow Falls and then 2 Jack Lake...A great place to canoe in the summer time....not the falls,

but the lake.

Bow falls sits right underneath the Banff Springs Hotel in the town...about the only part of the river that is still frozen.

2 Jack Lake is on the North of the Trans Canada highway...beautiful lake with Mount Rundle again in the background. I had to do a bit of tentative walking on ice to get to this tiny little island. Didn't fall in which is good.

**casil403** · 03-29-2010, 07:27 AM

One of my fave places to shoot.
Here's some info on it from Wikipedia:
"Water of the Spirits" in Nakota - the Stoney Indian language is a glacial lake located in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Canada, about five kilometres northeast of the Banff townsite. The lake is 28 km (17 mi) long and 142 m (466 ft) deep, making it the longest lake in the mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies (the result of a power dam at the west end).
The Palliser mountain range in the background:

**Wicked Dark** · 03-29-2010, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by casil403

So we parked at Mt. Yamnuska parking lot and Terri went one way to shoot some stuff and I (of course) found the muddy bog in which (again of course) I sat down to shoot in!

Each has its own merits and beauty, but this is my favorite. What a gorgeous part of the country.