Parker Ridge Trail along Icefields Parkway, August 5

awesome geology on Parker Ridge	awesome geology on Parker Ridge	Base elevation for Parker Ridge trail: 6734 feet	Parker Ridge hiking trail	Oh, great.	view from Parker Ridge trail
view from Parker Ridge trail	snow! in August!	I think this rock is derived from ancient coral.	Looking back down the Parker Ridge trail	Looking back from the Parker Ridge trail	view from Parker Ridge
view from Parker Ridge to Saskatchewan Glacier	Glacier-fed waterfall across the valley	view from Parker Ridge	Mt Athabasca summit in the distance	distant shoulder of Mt Athabasca	view from Parker Ridge
Scat - either from bighorn sheep or mountain goats	A nice way to protect alpine vegetation along the trail	More of that strange (coral?) rock	More of that strange (coral?) rock	More of that strange (coral?) rock	intermediate summit along Parker Ridge - 7656 feet - 7656 feet.
view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit, north to Nigel Pass	view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit: Mt Athabasca and Hilda Peak
view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit	view from Parker Ridge summit	panoramic view from Parker Ridge summit (view in original size)	Prairie Falcon flying above ridge	view from Parker Ridge summit: Mt Wilcox, Wilcox Pass and Nigel Peak
distant north summit of Nigel Peak	Trail back down to the east	Alpine meadow flowers	Alpine meadow flowers	Alpine meadow flowers	Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Whiskey Jack!	Whiskey Jack = Clark's Nutcracker	Clark's Nutcracker	American Pipit adult	American Pipit adult	American Pipit adult with food for a chick
American Pipit adult (background) and juvenile (foreground)	American Pipit adult (background) and juvenile (foreground)	American Pipit adult (background) and juvenile (foreground)	American Pipit juvenile	American Pipit juvenile	view northwest (I'm heading that way once I get back down)
view from Parker Ridge	trail down northeast side of Parker Ridge	Whoops, back at the ridgetop again	OK back down the trail one more time	view northwest from the trail	below treeline again
view from Parker Ridge Trail	Back at the parking lot