Author name: Content manager

    closeup of Tunnel Mountain gap huh!

  Discover Cascade Gardens on the other side of Bow River. A garden designed by Harold C Beckett during The Depression. In the summer it is a riot of annual blooms. By autumn the soil has been turned over. The squirrels are fighting over pine cones. The gazebos are freshly painted and the ponds are

    Mount Rundle Mount Norquay   How do I fill so many hours? Work proceeds in tiny increments.

  The pair of amazing rocks are next… those two strange anomalous rocks in the middle of nowhere incredible patterns On the way back Mount Rundle

  pom poms

  moraines that pencil

  Athabasca Glacier beyond the barriers barriers people on the glacier fin du sentier glacier lake ranger walk medial moraines

  They say it is one of the most spectacular drives on the planet. Started out with perfect weather. One stunning cliff after another. That whole feeling of rocks on their sides and everything tilted over. By the time we get to the Athabasca glacier the wind is extremely strong. I’m holding up the group

  Tracklines is a pilot project by Banff New Media Institute for Parks Canada. Using purpose built but soon to be open source MEE software with dedicated model mobile phones and a small GPS unit, it provided 6 stops along the Hoodoo Trail talking about the geology. Walked with Leslie Thomas, photographer and Buddhist. We

  Mount Birdwood Robertson Valley I’m too slow

  dead tree loses puffs of snow as the silence breaks Robertson Valley I’m too slow Burstall Pass Mt Birdwood from Burstall Pass Sarah Cullen and her pendulum drawing boxes Leslie (We’re too slow)

  Yep its a snow plough (or actually a grader). An invigorating walk up to Burstall Pass. Xmas postcards and Sarah Cullen’s drawing pendulum boxes. The slowest walker in knee to hip deep snow. A final climb up a snow covered slope — not looking up not looking down. Spray River valley I’m too slow

  A day to think about the past and the future. Mount Rundle and looking back to the Banff Centre from below the Bow River bridge On the river bank Whyte Museum Ouja board Whyte family possessions model of a Japanese drum shop bear skull Small tool, ammonite and native american object(?) Walking back from