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[Chadillaccc]

These are my two favorite nature photos I've ever taken, I think.


Prismatic by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Elbow Falls Valley by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[brentwood]

Chadillaccc, is that first photo of Elbow Falls as well? If so, wow...as it seems to indicate the entire picnic area upstream from the falls was wiped out by the flooding. Is that true?

[Chadillaccc]

Yes it was completely destroyed. Refer to the previous page for more photos and information, I also posted pictures of the bridge that makes the falls accessible, wiped out by the flood.

[kw5150]

Yes, we also went to Writing on Stone. All the pictures with the rock outcrops and cliff are from writing on stone area. What an adventure traveling those back roads from Regina to Milk River. It was crazy because nothing was open and we were so hungry and almost ran out of gas. The gas station at Milk River was closed so we had to run on fumes to Lethbridge. Mostly gravel roads past moose Jaw (assiniboia area).

This is the second time I took the rural southern US border route but opted out at cypress hills last time and went through Medicine Hat. So glad we went through southern Alberta this time. Those mountain / hills along the US border are stunning.

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Is that by Writing on Stone KW?

[Calgarian]

I've always wondered what those hills just inside Montana are, they are too far from the mountains to be part of the Rockies and they look much bigger than the Cypress Hills.

[isaidso]

But they're also further south. Aren't the Rockies aligned in a southeast direction meaning that they are indeed part of the Rockies? The southern end of the Rockies is in Colorado and New Mexico which is as far east as Saskatchewan.

[kw5150]

No, those large hills at the montana border are called the sweetgrass hills. All 3 formations are igneous rock columns that "heaved" the ground up; and, over time slumped back down. I am an expert on these hills now..........Just kidding. But seriously, I did look on the internet and the history around the area is really cool.

Also, if you zoom in the the one called (Mount Royal, (Sweet Grass Hills)) you can see about 10 cabins at the very top and a road going up there. Very cool considering these are 6800ft above sea level. I didnt realize how large these actually were. It is really hard to see tell the scale of these hills as you approach.

[Echoes]

The Sweet Grass Hills are so fascinating. I love the country around southern Alberta and Montana. It's been too many years since I've been through that area.

[kw5150]

Plus, they appear stubby, but really they are quite tall. The lack of trees makes the scale really hard to figure out. We first saw them on the horizon near cypress hills. We figured they were just big hills, but realized that the were actually more like mountains when it took two hours to get to them. We are planning to do a camp / hike in the writing on stone / sweetgrass area.

Originally Posted by Echoes

The Sweet Grass Hills are so fascinating. I love the country around southern Alberta and Montana. It's been too many years since I've been through that area.

[Jimby]

Queen of Capilano leaving Bowen Island with the August blue moon rising above the North Shore Mountains and West Vancouver by LUMIN8, on Flickr
^ my longest flickr title ever!


as seen from Deep Bay, Bowen Island:

August blue moon rising over West Vancouver by LUMIN8, on Flickr

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by kw5150

No, those large hills at the montana border are called the sweetgrass hills. All 3 formations are igneous rock columns that "heaved" the ground up; and, over time slumped back down. I am an expert on these hills now..........Just kidding. But seriously, I did look on the internet and the history around the area is really cool.

Also, if you zoom in the the one called (Mount Royal, (Sweet Grass Hills)) you can see about 10 cabins at the very top and a road going up there. Very cool considering these are 6800ft above sea level. I didnt realize how large these actually were. It is really hard to see tell the scale of these hills as you approach.

Ok thanks. I was trying to figure it out when I left Waterton Lakes National Park last month.

[kw5150]

Ya, they threw me off as well. I was driving and thinking "what, I didnt know the rockies were down here" then I realized they were completely separate entities.

Originally Posted by isaidso

Ok thanks. I was trying to figure it out when I left Waterton Lakes National Park last month.

[csbvan]

This is my first post on this forum...so I figured I would post something safe and non-controversial! Here are some pictures taken from a recent trip from Vancouver to the Okanagan to visit family.
Blue Mountain winery

IMG_6675 by csbvancouver, on Flickr
Typical Okanagan landscape

IMG_6700 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6697 by csbvancouver, on Flickr
More from Blue Mountain

IMG_6692 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6681 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6680 by csbvancouver, on Flickr
Tantalus Winery in Kelowna

2013-08-21 15.35.12 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

2013-08-21 15.34.50 by csbvancouver, on Flickr
Okanagan Lake

2013-08-21 14.28.25 by csbvancouver, on Flickr
Cedar Creek

2013-08-21 14.16.25 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

2013-08-21 14.16.14 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

2013-08-21 13.55.03 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

At the lake


IMG_6729 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6732 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6731 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6741 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

IMG_6735 by csbvancouver, on Flickr

[Klazu]

Chilliwack Lake must have the nicest beach in Lower Mainland to dip oneself in (freezing cold) water.

[Chadillaccc]

A weekend in Banff! so beautiful!

[Jimby]

Bowen island by LUMIN8, on Flickr


approaching Snug Cove by LUMIN8, on Flickr


Finisterre Island by LUMIN8, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Some Alberta beauties from my buddy's Flickr.


Rockies by tmatthews524, on Flickr


Mountain Range by tmatthews524, on Flickr


Spring has Sprung in S. Alberta by tmatthews524, on Flickr


Reflecting by tmatthews524, on Flickr


Trying to Hide by tmatthews524, on Flickr


At the Edge of the Hills by tmatthews524, on Flickr

[chrisallard5454]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

These are my two favorite nature photos I've ever taken, I think.


Prismatic by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Elbow Falls Valley by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Interesting, I was visiting Calgary for a week from the 23rd-1st and my grandpa and I rode to Elbow falls throughout the week on our bicycles from Bragg Creek. Beautiful place. Jaw dropping.

[Airboy]

East Central Alberta along Highway 41 the Buffalo Trail.



And 300 km south Due North of Drumheller during the Tour of Alberta.



A few hundred km west along the Ice Field Parkway.



150km North in Jasper.

South In David Thompson Country and the North Sask River. + Lake Abraham.


And Last on the North Shore of Big Lake and Loise Hole Provincial Park


This all constitutes an approximate 2000km drive.

[kool maudit]

alberta looks sublime. awe-inspiring, even terrible in the biblical sense, like, "nature the great and terrible". this is the sort of place that people here in kosovo picture when i say i'm from canada... but southwestern quebec basically just looks like northern serbia. it's not that different. alberta is different.