Trans-Canada northbound, August 5 |
Black Bear feeding beside Icefields Parkway |
Black Bear feeding beside Icefields Parkway |
view across Bow Lake from Icefields Parkway |
view across Bow Lake from Icefields Parkway |
Icefields Parkway |
Icefields Parkway |
Icefields Parkway |
Icefields Parkway |
North Saskatchewan river plain from Icefields Parkway |
Golden Eagle juvenile |
Golden Eagle juvenile chased by Red-Tailed Hawk |
North Saskatchewan river plain from Icefields Parkway |
North Saskatchewan river plain from Icefields Parkway |
Icefields Parkway |
The Big Bend on the Icefields Parkway |
The Big Bend on the Icefields Parkway |
awesome geology on Parker Ridge |
awesome geology on Parker Ridge |
Athabasca Glacier parking lot at Icefields Center |
Trail to the glacier (i'll try that in a few days) |
mountains east of the glacier |
striking mountains on the way to Jasper |
Black Bear cub outside Jasper, August 5 |
Heading south on Icefields Parkway, August 7 |
49 degrees F in August |
Athabasca River |
Distant mountaintop through the bird lens |
Elk crossing the river |
Elk crossing the river |
Elk crossing the river |
Heading south on Icefields Parkway |
Heading south on Icefields Parkway |
Heading south on Icefields Parkway |
Athabasca Glacier |
Le Glacier etait ici en 1843 (near Icefields Center) |
White-Crowned Sparrow female near Icefields Center |
White-Crowned Sparrow female near Icefields Center |
Mountain Chickadee near Icefields Center5 Aug 33.jpg |
Athabasca Glacier from Icefields Center |
Athabasca Glacier lateral moraine |
Athabasca Glacier lateral moraine |
looking back to the parking lot along Athabasca Glacier trail |
Glacial scratches on bedrock |
Glacial scratches on bedrock |
Glacial scratches on bedrock |
Glacial scratches on bedrock |
Athabasca Glacier |
Athabasca Glacier |
Athabasca Glacier western edge |
Athabasca Glacier western edge |
Not a moraine, but glacier covered with rubble |
Not a moraine, but glacier covered with rubble |
Not a moraine, but glacier covered with rubble |
Not a moraine, but glacier covered with rubble |
Athabasca Glacier |
le glacier etait ici en 1992 |
heading back down the trail - glacial carving |
heading back down the trail - glacial carving |
heading back down the trail |
juvenile Brown-Headed Cowbird at parking lot |
Ice Walk guides - Subaru wth trailer full of boots |
Leaving the Athabasca Glacier area |
Icefields Centre |
Leaving the Athabasca Glacier area - Dome Glacier |
looking up at Wilcox Peak from 2000 feet below |
Goats were on the other side of the ridge, just out of sight |
Passing under the ridge near Icefields Center |
Along the Icefields Parkway north |
Heading back to Jasper |
August 8: driving south on Icefields Parkway |
August 8: driving south on Icefields Parkway |