#murchison group

A View Across the Snow and Evergreen Trees to Silverhorn Mountain and Peaks of the Murchison Group (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: This is a view to the north while walking down a hillside that's part of Mount Jimmy Simpson. The mountains are on the other side of the highway and Icefields Parkway. Needless to say, seeing all the mountain peaks from this locale was amazing and wonderful. A definite day to enjoy Spring in the Canadian Rockies!

Spring in the Canadian Rockies (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I've been to Petyo Lake many times over the decades, but it had always been over the summer months when glacial flour brings out vibrant turquoise color. Having come from Austin and the Texas area where May weather has more of a warmer temperature with flowers and all in bloom, it was a surprise to see all the snow still on the ground in the Canadian Rockies. Then I saw Peyto Lake with more of a blue color from the still partially melted ice and snow. Beautiful! What a beautiful spring day in the Canadian Rockies!

Bow Peak and Mount Andromache (Black & White, Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I took this image, I was mainly focusing on Bow Peak and the jagged mountains peaks off in the distance. When I later looked at the GPS coordinates and azimuth, I was able to determine that Bow Peak was the main mountain in the image center, but it is Mount Andromache off in the distance, which is on the other side of the highway and Icefields Parkway. Interesting trivia I noted working on the image later.

Spring is Coming to the Icefields Parkway (HDR) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: That's what later came to mind when I looked at the HDR image I took at Bow Lake that morning in May. This was a look across the partial melting surface of ice on Bow Lake. Off in the distance are peaks of the Waputik Mountains including Bow Peak, BowCrow Peak, and Crowfoot Mountain (I used peakpagger.com for this based on the GPS coordinates and azimuth I captured in the image data). For this image, I took five images exposing at different levels and then combining for a final TIFF using HDR Efex Pro 2.