Canada (May 6-13, 2019): Banff, Yoho, and
Jasper National Parks
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Along the Icefields Parkway (north of Sunwapta Pass)
Athabasca Glacier.
Snow Dome Glacier.
Tangle Falls, with its upper tier still
frozen.
Mushroom Peak (left) and Diadem Peak
(right).
Upper Sunwapta Falls.
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Canyon between the Upper and Lower
Sunwapta Falls.
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Lower Sunwapta Falls.
More mountains north of the Sunwapta
Falls.
[From left to right facing the Athabasca River: Mt.
Christie, Mt. Fryatt (peak E5 and main summit), and
Geraldine Peak. Brussels Peak stands in the back between Mt. Christie and Mt. Fryatt.]
Athabasca Falls and the narrow canyon
below them.
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Athabasca River below the falls and
canyon.
Reflection of Mount Fryatt
N4 (left) and Geraldine peak (right) in a small lake located on road 93A a few
kilometers north of the Athabasca Falls.
Another mountain reflection in the same
lake, with Mount Edith Cavell in the middle.
Around
Jasper (wildlife)
Black bear.
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Mule deer buck with velvet antlers.
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Bighorn sheep.
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Around
Jasper (south)
Reflection in Lake Annette at sunrise.
Hike in the Valley of the Five Lakes:
- Approach in the forest.
- Turquoise water of the first lake.
- Reflections in the first lake.
- Second lake.
- Third lake (and the fourth one
partially visible in the back).
Around
Jasper (north and east)
The Palisade, a long vertical cliff
overlooking the Athabasca valley.
Maligne canyon.
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Hike north of Medicine Lake:
- Beaver Lake.
- First Summit Lake.
- Cliff dominating the First Summit
Lake.
Maligne Lake on a cloudy early morning.
