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photos:Banff 06
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Castle Mountain, 07/16/06
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Pilot Mountain, 07/16/06
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Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Mom and Elizabeth at Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Mom and Elizabeth at Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Waterfall at Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Elizabeth in natural tunnel at Johnston's Canyon, 0716/06
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Elizabeth in natural tunnel at Johnston's Canyon, 0716/06
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Waterfall at Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Waterfall at Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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James and Allison (plus other tourists) at Johnston's Canyon, 071606
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Johnston's Canyon, 07/16/06
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Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, 07/17/06
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Mount Athabasca, 07/17/06
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On the Athabasca Glacier, 07/17/06
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Mount Andromeda, 07/17/06
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Matt and Elizabeth on the Athabasca Glacier. See the blue water! 07/17/06
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Glaciers along Icefields Parkway, 07/17/06
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Glaciers along Icefields Parkway, 07/17/06
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Sunwapta Falls, 07/17/06
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Sunwapta Falls, 07/17/06
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mountain goat, 07/17/06
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Athabasca Falls
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James and Jeremy at Athabasca Falls
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Warning! Scary, giant Canadian burglars
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The Icefields Parkway
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The North Saskatchewan River
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Alpine Fireweed?
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Peak along the Icefields Parkway
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James
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something in the Asteraceae (I forgot to take the book with me, and it's hard to use a key just by looking at a picture of the flower.)
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wildflowers near Peyto Lake
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Peyto Lake
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a peak near Peyto Lake
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more scenery near Peyto Lake
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Matt and Elizabeth at Peyto Lake
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Indian Paintbrush near Peyto Lake
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Indian Paintbrush near Peyto Lake
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Indian Paintbrush near Peyto Lake
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Grass-of-Parnassus
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The family canoeing on Vermillion Lakes
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Coming back from Vermillion Lakes
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Canoeing on the Bow River
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The very cold river crossing below the Saskatchewan Glacier
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Saskatchewan Glacier and Castleguard Mountain. We climbed the minor peak (snowy and rounded) to the left of Castleguard.
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On the glacier
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Steep side glacier to the north of Mount Saskatchewan
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More glacier travel.
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The steep col up to Castleguard Meadows from the glacier
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Castleguard Meadows
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Mount Andromeda and Mount Athabasca from Castleguard Meadows
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Castleguard Mountain and glacier.
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Castleguard Mountain and glacier, with Jeremy and James.
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Scrambling up steep scree to gain the peak on the east ridge of Castleguard.
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More steep climbing, Castleguard Glacier in background.
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James and Jeremy climbing.
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Can you see the cliffs among the scree?
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James nearing the summit
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View of Castleguard Mountain from the summit we climbed
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James and Jeremy nearing summit
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Castleguard and peaks beyond
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View of Saskatchewan Glacier from summit
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Andromeda and Athabasca from summit
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Mount Columbia (highest peak in Alberta) viewed across the Columbia Icefields from the summit
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Snow Dome, viewed from summit. It is a triple divide, from which water flows to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Artic Oceans.
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Columbia Icefields from summit (Mount Columbia, the Twins and Snow Dome are visible).
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Glaciated peak to the south.
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View down a shoot onto the Castleguard Glacier.
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Jeremy descending the summit ridge.
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Yellow Paintbrush in Castleguard Meadows.
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Yellow Paintbrush in Castleguard Meadows.
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More glacier travel with small crevasses.
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Jeremy avoiding some crevasses.
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Bigger system of crevasses.
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Stream on surface of glacier.
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Stream on surface of glacier.
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Waterfall coming into glacial valley.
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Elizabeth swimming in Lake Louise...burr!!
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Moraine Lake
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Moraine Lake from above.
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Matt and Elizabeth overlooking Moraine Lake.
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Bighorn sheep on road near Canmore.
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A fast hike up the mountain.
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Elizabeth examining flowers.
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Getting above treeline on our hike up Ha Ling Peak.
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Dad scrambling up Ha Ling Peak.
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The rest of the crew following.
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Near the top of Ha Ling Peak.
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Dad gets a view from the saddle below the peak.
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Near the top of Ha Ling Peak.
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Near the top of Ha Ling Peak.
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James near the top of Ha Ling Peak.
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Dad scrambling the last steep bit.
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View to the south from summit of Ha Ling Peak.
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Some of the group at the top (must have been something terrible going on off to the right).
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View to the north of Ha Ling looking over Canmore, toward Mount Lady MacDonald.
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Whoa! Where's the rope? James faking it on a 20 degree slab.
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Katie and Lisa need to work on their acting skills.
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James and Allison at the summit.
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James and Allison at the summit.
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Katie and Jeremy at the saddle.
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Elizabeth descending from the summit.
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Descending back into the trees.
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Bighorn sheep which had just run down the side of the mountain, losing around 1000 ft of elevation in about a minute.
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Out of the storm...trying to avoid a dust cloud from a gravel truck that just passed by.
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Jeremy running out of the dust.
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Ha Ling Peak from the lake below.
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