Hello all from snowed-in Banff and Canmore! We got a late spring present yesterday of a big dump of snow in Banff and Canmore, but it’s already melting away quickly today. Fortunately, Jasper, Waterton, Yoho, and Kootenay all avoided the snow, so anyone traveling here this weekend should be fine. The first of the lakes…
Tag: spring photography
Ice Update – May 19th, 2011
Just a quick update for all of you following conditions here in the Rockies: – there are very few ice-free lakes to date in any of the mountain parks, lakes that are currently ice-free include Vermilion Lakes in Banff and Horseshoe Lake in Jasper. – Waterton Lakes National Park is still largely snow and ice-bound,…
Photo Location: Haffner Creek Falls, Kootenay National Park
If you’re already in the Rockies and/or are planning a trip here in the next few weeks, then try Haffner Creek Falls in Kootenay National Park for an out-of-the-way (but awesome) photo destination. The falls are still frozen and you can get some stunning shots of them if you can handle the short snowshoe or…
Rockies Spring Preview: Black Bear Photography
There are few better places in the world for black bear photography than the Canadian Rockies in spring. Black bears come out of hibernation around here in April and May and head straight down to the valley bottoms. Black bear photography is at a premium along roads like the Maligne Lake Road in Jasper, the…