A September trip into Kananaskis, specifically Upper Kananaskis Lake, yields phenomenal vistas tempered with gold. Kananaskis is a short drive from Calgary, approximately 1 1/2 hrs, which meanders past the '81 Olympic skiing facility of Nakiska. The traveller is treated to golden aspens and larch, sprinkled through the evergreen forest. Further as one travels higher into the mountains, at or above the tree line, you encounter shrubs and bushes covering the entire spectrum of colours found in a typical camp fire.
It was not hard to find "standouts" along highway 40.
Did you ever have the feeling that someone or something was watching you as you walked through the woods. Sometimes those feelings are justified.
Upper Kananaskis Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Mount Indefaticable in the background. I made two visits within 1 week period, but separated by the first alpine snow.
Visit 1
Larch in the process of turning colour
Visit 2 - a definitive change in the weather. This time the photos were taken on the other side of the peninsula evidently in the previous 2 photos.
Visit 1
Larch in the process of turning colour
Sunset
Visit 2 - a definitive change in the weather. This time the photos were taken on the other side of the peninsula evidently in the previous 2 photos.
Putting my canon 300mm f4 to use.
photo courtesy of Elvie Contreras
Hoar frost adorned the trees bordering the lake.
photo courtesy of Elvie Contreras
Scanning across the lake leads to..
Driftwood always catches my attention.
This evergreen was searched in the most precarious location on a rock.
a closer inspection leads to...
On the path back to Calgary, I found myself in this incredible alpine valley.
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