Angles - Canadian Rockies

2023-10-06

Bow Glacier Falls (angles)

Bow Glacier Falls, situated in Banff National Park, cascades from a height of approximately 150 meters (492 feet). It’s the runoff from the Bow Glacier and plunges into the scenic Bow Lake, surrounded by prominent peaks like Mount Thompson, Crowfoot Mountain, and Portal Peak. While Indigenous peoples have known this region for millennia, European explorers and settlers began to map and appreciate the park’s natural wonders in the late 19th century. Today, Bow Glacier Falls stands as a testament to […]

2023-09-04

Mount Sarrail (angles)

Mount Sarrail is a 3,159-metre (10,364-foot) mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country. Mount Sarrail is situated 1.0 km north of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Foch, 1.0 km (0.62 mi) to the southeast. Mount Sarrail can be seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake and Alberta Highway 40. The mountain was named in 1918 for General Maurice Sarrail (1856-1929), the commander of the French Third Army in World War I (Wikipedia). Here are […]

2023-08-04

Wind Ridge (angles)

There is a well maintained 12.7-km out-and-back trail to Wind Ridge near Dead Man’s Flats. Parts of Wind Ridge hike are closed from December 1 to June 15 each year for elk and bighorn sheep sustainability. Here are photos of Wind Ridge from different perspectives taken during our hikes. From Wind Ridge Trail From West Wind Pass From Windtower From Centennial Ridge trail at Dead Man’s Flats side From Mount Collembola North Route

2023-08-04

Little Lougheed (angles)

Little Lougheed is an outlier of Mount Lougheed. I tried to summit it two times, successfully second time. Here are the photos of Little Lougheed taken from different perspectives at different times during our hikes. From Windtower From Sparrowhawk

2023-08-01

Memorial Lakes (angles)

Three Memorial Lakes are located around Bogart Tower, below Mount Bogart in Kananaskis Country. The name commemorates 13 passengers of three different air crafts that crashed in the area in 1986. The first was a passenger plane, and the second two were search and rescue aircraft. Here are the photos of Memorial Lakes taken from different perspectives during our hikes. From Mount Allan From Mount Sparrowhawk More info in blog: Cassidy Vanderhoek

2023-08-01

Lake Helen (angles)

Cirque Peak is a 2,993-metre (9,820-foot) peak located directly west of Dolomite Pass in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The scrambling route (rated easy) begins just beyond Helen Lake which can be reached by following the Helen Lake/Dolomite Pass trail 6 km from the trail head beside the Icefields Parkway. From the lake, follow the trail into Dolomite Pass and then choose a line up the peak (Wikipedia). Here are […]

2023-08-01

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Situated 11 km (6.8 mi) east of the border with British Columbia, Lake Louise is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1). Lake Louise is named after the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 […]

2023-07-28

Mount Temple

Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Bow River Valley between Paradise Creek and Moraine Creek and is the highest peak in the Lake Louise area. The peak dominates the western landscape along the Trans-Canada Highway from Castle Junction to Lake Louise. The mountain was named by George Mercer Dawson in 1884 after Sir Richard Temple who visited the Canadian Rockies that same year. Mt. Temple […]

2023-07-28

Mount Whymper

Mount Whymper, 2,844 m, is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada, in the Vermilion Pass area in Kootenay National Park. The mountain is named for its first conqueror, the English alpinist, explorer, writer and engraver Edward Whymper. Whymper was exploring the area sponsored by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to promote the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the railway in his conferences (Wikipedia). Here are photos of Whymper Mountain taken from different angles at different times during our […]

2023-07-28

Storm Mountain

Storm Mountain is a 3,158-metre (10,361-foot) mountain summit located on the Continental Divide on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kootenay National Park with Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It is a large peak near the north end of the Ball Range, in the Bow River Valley opposite Castle Mountain. Vermilion Pass is situated to the northwest of the mountain, and Stanley Peak to the southwest. […]

Bow Glacier Falls (angles)

Mount Sarrail (angles)

Wind Ridge (angles)

Little Lougheed (angles)

Memorial Lakes (angles)

Lake Helen (angles)

Lake Louise

Mount Temple

Mount Whymper

Storm Mountain

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