2011 Canadian Rockies Trip

Yoho National Park

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:30:27 -- 1/200 sec, f/13.0.  Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Unknown. Large -- Medium

Jason went on a quick hike out to the toe of Athabasca Glacier. It's receeding rather rapidly these days -- this marker in the foreground represents the front of the glacier in the year 2000.
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Panorama of the glacier toe -- look how the lateral moraine has an icy interior!!
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:33:44 -- 1/160 sec, f/14.0.  Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Unknown. Large -- Medium

Jason with the toe of Athabasca Glacier.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:35:06 -- 1/500 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Zoom of the 'peeing lizard' glacier on a nearby peak.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:36:35 -- 1/250 sec, f/11.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Glacial scour marks on this smoothed rock. My iPhone for scale.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:38:10 -- 1/250 sec, f/10.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Looking downtrail from the top of a recessional moraine.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:42:27 -- 1/200 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Meanwhile Tycho enjoyed climbing up the giant rockpile!
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 09:42:36 -- 1/200 sec, f/7.1.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 10:09:19 -- 1/200 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

A view looking south once we got back into Banff National Park.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 10:09:29 -- 1/320 sec, f/10.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Good blue western skies out there!
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 10:33:20 -- 1/400 sec, f/7.1.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

There was traffic there, where tourists had all stopped to see this bear. This was the best view of it that I got before he moved into those trees to the right.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 10:43:05 -- 1/160 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

This canyon had a debris flow that covered the road just 10 years ago.
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Bow Lake panorama.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 12:01:11 -- 1/250 sec, f/10.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Jason and Bow Lake.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 12:18:58 -- 1/400 sec, f/10.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

The Bow glacier -- check out the moraines to see how far it has recessed since the Little Ice Age in the mid 1800s.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 12:19:34 -- 1/250 sec, f/9.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Cheryl-Rae and Chet at an overlook.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 12:19:53 -- 1/400 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Crow, model for the next image.
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The Crowsfoot Glacier behind Gwen. Oritinally this glacier had 3 'toes'; now the upper two are still there but the lower one had mostly melted away.
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Cassie, Gwen, and Tycho (with bus!) at Takkakaw Falls in Yoho National Park.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 13:50:33 -- 1/50 sec, f/14.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Better view of the falls, from further down the trail.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 13:52:59 -- 1/50 sec, f/14.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Yoho river looking downstream.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i, 2011:08:11 13:53:15 -- 1/60 sec, f/14.0.  No Flash, Compulsory.5184x3456 Off. Large -- Medium

Yoho river looking upstream.