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Acres of lilies.

Benchmark Mountain

February 4, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

Nature’s gardener provided us with a spectacular display of Glacier Lilies, the likes of which I have never seen! Usually my experience of this cute little blossom is to see […]

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Benchmark Mountain
Melting Glaciers

The Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park

January 23, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

Yoho is a Cree word that roughly translated means Wow! This makes Yoho a perfect moniker for this stunningly beautiful park. I had been hiking with my friends I. and […]

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The Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park
Larches Near Cutthroat Pass

Larches at Cutthroat Pass

January 12, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

This was supposed to be a solo backpacking trip to Snowy Lakes. The goal was to photograph the larches at the lakes in their golden glory. It would have been […]

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Larches at Cutthroat Pass
Spider Gap and the Moon

Spider Meadows/ Spider Gap/ Lyman Lakes/ Miners Ridge/ Image Lake

January 9, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

I’ve been over Spider Gap to Cloudy Meadows three times, and made it all the way to Image Lake twice. It’s about a 33.5KM trek to Image Lake from the […]

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Spider Meadows/ Spider Gap/ Lyman Lakes/ Miners Ridge/ Image Lake
Larches Near the Summit of Frosty Mtn.

Larch Forest on Frosty Mountain

January 4, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

I have a special place in my heart for alpine larches. They are such an interesting and noble tree. They are the only conifer tree that I know of that […]

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Larch Forest On Frosty Mountain
Snow patterns on distant peaks.

Mt. Assiniboine

January 4, 2013by Bruce Nielsen 2 Comments

One of the most memorable treks I’ve ever done is walking from Sunshine Village to Mt. Assiniboine. To see this 3618 meter massif towering over such a majestic land is […]

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Mt. Assiniboine
Sunrise over the mountains east of Cascade Pass, seen from Hidden Lake Peak

Cascade Pass Area

January 4, 2013by Bruce Nielsen Leave a comment

The hiking in the Cascade Pass area in Washington is some of the finest hiking I’ve ever done. To get there, drive HWY 20 to Marblemount and cross the bridge […]

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Cascade Pass Area

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