Rocky Mountain Trip, 2004

A photo record of our trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper, on 2004-06-03 to 06-11.

These pictures were taken using a Minolta Stylus 400 digital camera, 2272x1704 pixels, JPEG compression. Photo retrieval using the intrinsic USB mass storage capability via the Linux generic USB storage driver. Editing was with GIMP v2.0.0. Copyright © 2004 by James F. Carter. Feel free to download any of the images for personal use; just give me a photo credit. Contact me for unedited images at 2272x1704 pixels (JPEG), specifying the filename shown by your browser. <jimc@math.ucla.edu>

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Calgary Tower, North

Calgary Tower, East along Canadian Pacific tracks

Calgary Tower, Southeast, winter sports complex

Calgary Tower, Southwest to mountains

Banff, Cave and Basin, edge of hot spring

Banff, Cave and Basin, Alice next to hot spring

Banff, Cave and Basin, flowstone entering pool

Banff, Bow River Falls

Banff, down the Bow River

Banff, raft tour about to leave on Bow River

Banff, Bow River Falls, Jim and Alice

Banff Springs Hotel through the trees

Banff, Alice talking to Dennis and Margaret (tour mates)

Banff Springs Hotel from across the Bow River

Banff, Hoodoos (18 is better picture)

Banff, Mount Rundle

Banff, island in Bow River, and raft

Banff, Hoodoos

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, North along valley

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, view to West

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, view South of town, valley and mountains

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, mountains to southwest

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, Mount (?)

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, nearby mountain south

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, weather station

Banff, atop Sulphur Mountain, Jim and Alice

Bow Valley, bighorn sheep, female

Bow Valley, bighorn sheep, male's butt

Bow Valley, bighorn sheep, male

Bow Valley, male elk

Bow Valley, male elk

Bow Valley, male elk's butt

Bow Valley, male elk

Bow Valley, Castle Mountain

Bow Valley, Castle Mountain, Eisenhower Peak

Bow Valley, Castle Mountain

Spiral Tunnel, lower section portal

Spiral Tunnel, lower section portal

Moraine Lake, chipmunk (tail only)

Moraine Lake, chipmunk (running)

Moraine Lake

Moraine Lake

Moraine Lake, ice patch and talus slopes

Moraine Lake

Moraine Lake, across lake, ice patch and talus

Chateau Lake Louise

Chateau Lake Louise

Lake Louise with Jim and Alice

Lake Louise trail, with Jim

Lake Louise trail, with Jim and Alice

Lake Louise in morning

Mountains east of Lake Louise

Trail around Lake Louise

Icefield Parkway, Crowfoot Glacier

Bow River, Bow Lake

Bow Glacier, feeding into Bow Lake

Bow Lake, iced over

Pretty waterfall

Pretty waterfall

Looking back (south) down Bow Valley

Overthrust rock wall

Alice on Athabasca Glacier

Athabasca Glacier drops from Columbia Icefield

Across Athabasca Glacier; it's snowing.

Mount Andromeda and Andromeda Glacier (next to Athabasca Glacier)

Sno-Coach vehicles, with Alice

Jim, and other frigid tourists, on Athabasca Glacier

Downslope on Athabasca Glacier; note blue ice in the streambed

Our Sno-Coach

Tangle Falls (next pic is better)

Tangle Falls

Tangle Falls

Sunwapta Falls, initial drop

Sunwapta Falls, upper slot exit

Sunwapta Falls, upstream section

Sunwapta Falls, over the brink

Sunwapta Falls, lower slot

Sunwapta Falls, Alice on observation bridge

Athabasca Falls, downstream section

Athabasca Falls, downstream section

Athabasca Falls, middle slot

Athabasca Falls, cataract and upstream

Athabasca Falls, cataract

Athabasca Falls, cataract

Athabasca Falls, exit slot

Athabasca Falls, exit slot and overhanging tree

Pyramid Lake with Jim and Alice

Pyramid Lake

Pyramid Mountain across the lake, cloud covered

Pyramid Mountain across Patricia Lake

Maligne Canyon, river way way down in slot

Canyon of the Maligne River (not visible)

Maligne Canyon, vegetation on moist ledge

Maligne Canyon, opposite wall halfway to 3rd bridge

Maligne Canyon, second bridge

Maligne Canyon, the waterfall is somewhere near here

Maligne River, lower cascade

Maligne Canyon, bright yellow lichen along trail

Maligne Canyon, mill-hole in upper cascade

Maligne River, upper cascade

Maligne River upstream

Maligne River, turbulent water in upper reach

Athabasca Overlook, Pyramid Mountain

Athabasca Overlook, southwest towards Jasper

Athabasca Overlook, Pyramid Mountain

Athabasca Overlook, southwest towards Jasper

Athabasca Overlook, our tour group

Athabasca Overlook, our tour group

Alice with bus, at Fairmont Jasper Lodge

Jasper, boarding the train

Onboard the train

Interior of the dome car

Train looking forward from the dome car

Train looking forward from the dome car

Scenery from our window

Meadow and mountains; moose country, but no moose

Moose Lake, again, no moose

Moose Lake

Mountain near Mt. Robson

Mount Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies

Mount Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies

Glacier, unfortunately blocked by trees

Pyramid Falls

Pyramid Falls

Pyramid Falls

Pyramid Falls

Little Hells Gate

Little Hells Gate

Little Hells Gate

Little Hells Gate

Little Hells Gate

Fountain at fish farm, to oxygenate the water

Fountain at fish farm, to oxygenate the water

Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake, entering tunnel

Shuswap Lake (Salmon Arm), osprey nest

Shuswap Lake, osprey nest

Shuswap Lake, particularly large osprey nest, with osprey

Houseboats along connection to Mara Lake

Looking from Shuswap to Mara Lake; houseboats line the channel

Craigellachie, site of "last spike" (sign)

Craigellachie, site of "last spike" (cairn)

Crossing the Columbia river at Revelstoke (downstream, north)

Crossing the Columbia river at Revelstoke (downstream, north)

Revelstoke: Mount Bagby (named after the hanging judge)

Stone bridge from the old tracks

Stone bridge from the old tracks

Snow shed, for protection from avalanches

Entrance to Mt. Macdonald Tunnel. Note the slab floor; the tracks lie directly on the floor.

Mt. Macdonald

Mountains of the Selkirk Range

Stoney Creek bridge, through trees (after Connaught Tunnel)

Stoney Creek waterfall

Stoney Creek

Beaver Valley, north of Connaught Tunnel

Along the Kicking Horse River

Kicking Horse River (and pannier of goodies)

Stream entering Kicking Horse River

Kicking Horse River, going under Trans-Canada Highway

Scenery along Kicking Horse River

Mountains of the Van Horne range, along Kicking Horse River

Rocky Mountains along Kicking Horse River

Rocky Mountains along Kicking Horse River

Spiral Tunnel (lower), where we came in

Pile of discarded pallets

Mt. Ogden; lower spiral tunnel is under it.

Across the Kicking Horse valley

Across the Kicking Horse valley

Looking back down the Kicking Horse Valley

Mountains near Lake Louise

Mountains near Lake Louise

Mountains near Lake Louise (through trees)

Skyline along Bow River near Banff

Skyline along Bow River near Banff