Rocky Mountain Road Trip

Yesterday I featured photographs that I took while hiking at Burstall Pass over the weekend. However there were a lot of gems on the way to the trail. The photographs featured here are those taken on the Spray Lakes Road in Kananaskis from Canmore, Alberta.

Wildlife on the road

A gorgeous mountain stream

Or is it a lake

Look close and you will see the caves

Zoomed in on the caves

Narrow, winding Spray Lakes Road

Still a narrow road

Travelling the Back-Country (Rocky Mountains)

The back-country of the Rocky Mountains provides many scenic opportunities for those on skis, snowshoes, and for those simply donning a pair of hiking boots. I was met with waist deep snow, glorious snow covered mountains and pine and spruce freshly powered with a recent snow fall. I have tried to capture the back-country scenery with the photos below. I have included a brief description of the hike and a trail map following those photos

Burstall Pass is an easy snowshoe trail that it very well marked. There are trails that venture off the main trail so one has to be careful not to get turned around. I travelled the loop. There is very little elevation gain if you stay within the loop making it a perfect hike for the novice snowshoer like myself. The time spent on the trail is about 1.5 hours. It is accessed by taking the Spray Lakes Road either from Canmore, Alberta of from Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.

Up and Close with Nature

I purchased a pair of snowshoes this weekend and could not wait to go try them out. On Saturday I drove out to West Bragg Creek, about 40 minutes from Calgary. I, of course, took my camera to take advantage of the photography opportunities that might be off the beaten trail. These are just a few of the macro photographs that I was able to shoot.