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Standish Viewpoint

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:41 +0000

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Our backpacking excursion to Mount Assiniboine began at the Sunshine Meadows Ski Resort. With many others we took the gondola up to the ski lodge and then hiked to the top of one of the ski runs (the lift was not running) and saw this view from the Standish Viewpoint. The three lakes are from left to right, Rock Isle Lake, Grizzly Lake and Larix Lake.

Rock Isle Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:17:05 +0000

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Our backpacking trip to Mount Assiniboine began at the Sunshine Meadows Ski Resort west of Banff. Before getting on the trail we hiked to the Standish Overlook. This was taken on the way to the overlook at Rock Isle Lake.

Icefields Parkway

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 May 2019 11:32:54 +0000

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The photos posted here including the insets were all taken in Jasper National Park in Alberta in 2014, this where the road rises through the pass south of Athabasca Glacier, also shown in one of the insets. These will be the last photos I'll be posting from that trip.

Athabasca Glacier

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 May 2019 11:32:48 +0000

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If I remember correctly this is not actually Athabasca Glacier but another glacier just to the north. The photo was taken on a 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies and so my memory is somewhat vague.

Jasper National Park

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 May 2019 11:32:39 +0000

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Taken along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park on a 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies, this is, I believe, the Athabasca River south of the town of Jasper.

Jasper National Park

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 May 2019 11:32:29 +0000

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This is another photo from our 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies. It was taken along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park.

Spreading Creek Wildfire

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:55:22 +0000

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I've posted other photos of this wildfire in Banff National Park in Alberta, but we are getting close to that season again and are wondering what it will bring for us and for the Northwest. We had two fires within a mile or two of our house and several others, more serious, in our area last summer. In fact, the last few years have seen fires all over the Pacific Northwest and it seems sometimes that the whole area is burning. Hotter, drier summers have brought this increase and it is likely to continue. I have to work on a firebreak around our property, removing some dead trees and a lot of brush this summer and these photos are certainly a reminder of the work I have to do.

The photos were taken as we were driving up through Banff to Jasper on a 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockies. We noticed smoke near Saskatchewan Crossing along Highway 11 and decided to investigate. At first we only saw some small fires in the distance and helicopters with buckets fighting the fire. As we were taking photos, however, the wind kicked up and suddenly the fire was near the road and we could feel its heat. We decided we had better get out and as we did several cars and motorcycles that had passed us returned and the people who were fighting the fire had come and were closing the road.

This fire, known as the Spreading Creek Wildfire, was started by a lightning strike and burned for over two weeks. It scorched nearly 9000 hectares of forest and was made worse by winds and dry weather. It was only one of many wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon and California that year. Indeed, there were times when the fires were so bad that the air quality deteriorated to the point that masks or staying indoors with windows shut were necessary. It seemed at times that sore throats from the poor air quality were a matter of course and only the autumn rains and cooler weather brought relief.

Smoke

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:55:11 +0000

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This was the view behind us as we drove back up Highway 11 in Banff after driving down it to watch a wildfire near Saskatchewan crossing. We were in the Canadian Rockies on a 2014 trip through several of the parks and had stopped to watch this fire when the fire came close to the road and forced us to leave very quickly.

Fire Fighting

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:55:18 +0000

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This helicopter was fighting photographed in 2014 near Saskatchewan crossing fighting a wildfire in that area, dipping water out of the North Saskatchewan River and dumping it on hot spots. We had to leave the area shortly after the photo was taken when the fire kicked up and approached the road we were on. The photo was taken by my wife.

Spreading Creek Wildfire

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:55:03 +0000

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This was what we witnessed in 2014 when the wildfire in Banff near Saskatchewan Crossing approached the road we were on and forced us to get out of the area. We had driven down Highway 11 to watch the fire but that did not last long and when the fire came near the road we had to get out quickly. At this point we could feel the heat of the fire.

Spreading Creek Wildfire

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:54:57 +0000

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When we drove down Highway 11 in Banff National Park in Alberta in 2014 to watch a wildfire there, this is what we first saw. The fire seemed to be under control and far from the road. There was little flame, though a lot of smoke, and helicopters were dipping water out of the river and dumping it on hot spots. When the wind came up, however, the fire roared back to life and was soon near the road forcing us to leave.

Bow Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:03:09 +0000

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I recently posted some photos of Bow Lake during the winter. These photos are thee same lake in the summer, one of the most beautiful spots in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. We visited there in 2014 on the way to Edmonton, traveling through Kootenay, Banff and Jasper National Parks and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia.

Bow Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:03:04 +0000

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Taken from the shores of Bow Lake along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park in Alberta on a 2014 trip through the Canadian Rockes.

Bow Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:02:58 +0000

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Taken on the shores of Bow Lake in Banff National Park on a 2014 trip through that park and other Canadian parks in the Canadian Rockies.

Bow Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:02:51 +0000

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This is Bow Lake in Banff National Park in Alberta from the south and just before the road descends to the shores of the lake.

Platanthera huronensis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:48:20 +0000

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This, the Green Bog Orchid, was photographed in the area of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta. It is one of the difficult-to-identify and small-flowered green orchids that are common in the Northwest. One of the insets shows the whole plant and the others show some closely related Bog orchids.

Platanthera huronensis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:48:06 +0000

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This is the Green Bog Orchid, Platnathera huronensis, photographed in Banff National Park In Alberta where it is often found growing in large numbers in wet areas.

Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:48:01 +0000

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The Northern White Bog Orchid is not only very elegant but also very fragrant, growing in boggy mountainous areas all across the west.

Platanthera aquilonis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:47:53 +0000

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This, the Northern Green Bog Orchid is another of the small-flowered green Bog Orchids that are difficult to identify and often go unnoticed.

Bow Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:05:13 +0000

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These photos are from our 2019 winter trip through the Kootenay and Banff National Parks, this of Bow Lake in Banff. The day was partly cloudy but made for some spectacular scenery.