Canadian Rockies

On a trip to the Canadian Rockies in 1991 with a friend the sheer beauty of the mountains, glaciers, forests, lakes and waterfalls stunned me. 

Now, more than 20 years later I travelled to Banff and Jasper with my parents and once again, the sheer beauty of the Canadian Rockies astonished me. 

 Sulphur Mountain offers a spectacular view of the Banff town site and Banff National Park.

Just outside of Banff is beautiful Lake Minnewanka

View of Jasper town site from Whistler Mountain

Medicine Lake - a lake that isn't a lake. During the summer, the lake is filled with glacial melt water which slowly disappears underground into a complex cave system. The water reappears further down in Maligne Canyon. 

The lake on September 6th, 2012

The lake on October 1st, 2012

Maligne Lake

Peyto Lake - one of the most photographed lakes along the Icefields Parkway. The lake gets its beautiful turquoise colour from glacial rock flour that flows into the lake in the summer.