Move from Fairbanks, AK to St. Louis, MO


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AKtoMO001PA218539 I had taken a job in St. Louis, Missouri, so on October 21, 2005, Kate and I were all packed up and ready to drive south. We had planned to make the trip a very scenic one, choosing to stop at many National Parks along the way to see more of the country. Since we did most of the midwest and northwest on the way from Pittsburgh to Fairbanks, we decided to see the southwest United States on this trip. We had about 4-5 weeks before our household goods were due to reach St. Louis, so what better thing to do with that time than sightsee. We left Fairbanks at about 12:15 PM (ADT). The temperature had been a chilly 21 F, and snow had recently fallen in the area a few days earlier. As we drove south on the Richardson Highway, Kate snapped a few photos to show everyone the snowfall. AKtoMO001PA218539
AKtoMO002PA218541 We also said our goodbyes to the Santa Clause House in North Pole, Alaska. AKtoMO002PA218541
AKtoMO003PA218542 We finally came to the point that officially ends the Alaska-Canadian (ALCAN) Highway at Delta Junction, Alaska. Of course, for us, we were taking the highway in the reverse direction, so we were beginning our second ALCAN journey (the first was on our way up to Alaska in 2002). We never officially stopped in 2002, so this time we took the touristy photos in Delta Junction. This one shows Kate and the record temperatures at the end of the highway. AKtoMO003PA218542
AKtoMO004PA218543 This sign explains the ALCAN's history. AKtoMO004PA218543
AKtoMO005PA218544 Another pose of Kate at the post marking the end of the highway... AKtoMO005PA218544
AKtoMO006PA218545 ...and me (clean shaven at this point). AKtoMO006PA218545
AKtoMO007PA218546 This sign just happened to be near the post marking the end of the ALCAN. I think it means AKtoMO007PA218546
AKtoMO008PA218548 Some of the Alaska Range Mountains from the car... AKtoMO008PA218548
AKtoMO009PA218550 ...and some of the snow on the road to document some of the sketchier driving conditions in the first couple days of the trip. AKtoMO009PA218550
AKtoMO010PA218563 Just before reaching the Canadian border we came to this frozen-over lake with some snow on it. AKtoMO010PA218563
AKtoMO011PA218564 It was just about sunset when we got to the lake, and this is what it looked like with the sun reflecting off the ice surface. AKtoMO011PA218564
AKtoMO012PA218567 A little further down the road, the clouds began to envelope the sunset, but it made it even cooler as the one cloud looked like a breaking wave (the lower left of the sun). AKtoMO012PA218567
AKtoMO013PA218565 About 5 hours after we started out (6:12 PM (PDT)) we arrived in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Don't forget to switch to kilometers! AKtoMO013PA218565
AKtoMO014PA228568 The rest of the evening drive through the Yukon was more treacherous. We ran into snow, wind, and icey roads around Kluane Lake (all in complete darkness). Just about 5 minutes before arriving at our evening destination of Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, we encountered 3 grazing moose along the side of the highway (2 on one side and one on the other). The moose were not spotted until the vehicle was right on top of them, and they just watched us go by. Luckily, they did not have any mind to walk into the road at the time. After that eye-opening experience, we finally arrived at the motel in Haines Junction at around 10:45 PM (PDT). We had been driving for 9 and a half hours. The next day (October 22, 2005) we woke to cloudy skies, but a very nice view of (I believe) the Ruby Range Mountains. AKtoMO014PA228568
AKtoMO015PA228576 We left Haines Junction, Yukon Territory around 8:55 AM (PDT) on October 22, 2005. We continued on the ALCAN highway toward our destination of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Along the way we passed by Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Just southeast of Whitehorse there were some cool looking mountains like the one shown here (possibly Cap Mountain?). AKtoMO015PA228576
AKtoMO016PA228579 We then passed by Marsh Lake. AKtoMO016PA228579
AKtoMO017PA228588 Next stop we came to was the Nisutlin Bay bridge at Teslin, Yukon Territory (looking from the northwestern and bay side of the bridge). AKtoMO017PA228588
AKtoMO018PA228595 After passing out of and then back into Yukon Territory, we came to a cool looking mountain that is part of the Cassiar Mountains near Rancheria, Yukon Territory. AKtoMO018PA228595
AKtoMO019PA228597 Since we were around the continental divide region of the mountains, the mountain passes had more snow and ice on them as you can see from Kate's photo. AKtoMO019PA228597
AKtoMO020PA228598 The ice and snow made driving a little slower through this section. AKtoMO020PA228598
AKtoMO021PA228599 Once the roads got better to drive on (no more snow and ice) we came to Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. One thing we did not know about when we passed by here on our way north to Alaska in 2002 was the Watson Lake Signpost Forest. This time we stopped to check out some of the 54,000+ signposts that make up the forest (a 2004 estimate)... AKtoMO021PA228599
AKtoMO022PA228600 ...there are a lot of places missing there signs to let people know where they are at... AKtoMO022PA228600
AKtoMO023PA228601 ...including the First National Bank of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania! AKtoMO023PA228601
AKtoMO024PA228602 Another shot of the signs... AKtoMO024PA228602
AKtoMO025PA228603 ...and the parting shot as we continued further down the ALCAN to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. AKtoMO025PA228603
AKtoMO026PA228604 After another couple times of criss-crossing in and out of the Yukon Territory and British Columbia, we were finally in British Columbia for good at around 4:15 PM (PDT) - nearly 7 and a half hours after we left Haines Junction, Yukon Territory. About 5 times during this part of the drive we spotted many bison along the side of the road. Kate snapped a shot of these two males sparing off... AKtoMO026PA228604
AKtoMO027PA228606 ...with a close-up. AKtoMO027PA228606
AKtoMO028PA228613 As sunset neared, the trees in the area were cast in a cool light. After almost another 6 hours of driving since entering British Columbia, we arrived in Fort Nelson, British Columbia for the evening at about 10 PM (PDT) - almost 13 and a half hours of driving. AKtoMO028PA228613
AKtoMO029PA238617 We left for day 3 (October 23, 2005) from Fort Nelson, British Columbia at 9:17 AM (PDT). On the journey south on the ALCAN, we could see more peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. AKtoMO029PA238617
AKtoMO030PA238623 More of the mountains to the west. AKtoMO030PA238623
AKtoMO031PA238628 Not long after the previous photo was taken and just after passing Buckinghorse River, British Columbia, we happened to spot a coyote about to cross the highway, but thankfully he didn't. We did manage to stop along the side of the road and take his picture while he investigated who we were... AKtoMO031PA238628
AKtoMO032PA238629 ...a few seconds later, he fled from the area. Notice how much his fur blends in with the dead grasses and snow along the side of the road. AKtoMO032PA238629
AKtoMO033PA238633 One more shot of the mountains before entering Dawson Creek, British Columbia. AKtoMO033PA238633
AKtoMO034PA238636 We finally arrived at the actual beginning of the Alaska-Canadian (ALCAN) Highway - our ending point - which is in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Once again Kate... AKtoMO034PA238636
AKtoMO035PA238637 ...and I took the touristy photos at the marking sign. AKtoMO035PA238637
AKtoMO036PA238638 After entering into Alberta Province, Canada around 4:18 PM (MDT), we traveled about another hour to arrive in Grande Prairie, Alberta at 5:08 PM (MDT). After a little less than 7 hours of travel, we took in an early evening since there really wasn't many other places to stop as we wanted to head south into Jasper, Alberta. This was the view of Grande Prairie from our hotel room... AKtoMO036PA238638
AKtoMO037PA238639 ...and this is the sunset from the other side of the hotel from the same floor. AKtoMO037PA238639
AKtoMO038PA248642 Day 4 (October 24, 2005) began with the best sign of all - a great sunrise! We left Grande Prairie, Alberta at 7:41 AM (MDT) to head south on Provincial Route 40 (aka the Bighorn Highway). We saw the sunrise on this part of the drive... AKtoMO038PA248642
AKtoMO039PA248643 ...and another shot just before the sun poked its head above the horizon. AKtoMO039PA248643
AKtoMO040PA248644 We tried to do this same thing before we entered Canada on the 21st, but it didn't come out as good. Here is the shadow of us traveling down the highway. Some things you just have to do to pass the time. AKtoMO040PA248644
AKtoMO041PA248645 Around 9:36 AM (MDT) we stopped in the only major point on the highway to fill up our gas - Grande Cache, Alberta. There were some cool views of the mountains to the south from the gas station. This one even had a recumbant (overturned) fold in the rock formations on the right side. AKtoMO041PA248645
AKtoMO042PA248650 The next couple of photos were taken of some of the mountain scenery on the way into Jasper, Alberta... AKtoMO042PA248650
AKtoMO043PA248655 ...this one had some cool bedding units in it... AKtoMO043PA248655
AKtoMO044PA248656 ...seen here in this close-up... AKtoMO044PA248656
AKtoMO045PA248659 ...and another further down the road. AKtoMO045PA248659
AKtoMO046PA248662 This unit, looking almost due north at it, has some bedding units that really show up pretty good... AKtoMO046PA248662
AKtoMO047PA248664 ...and even better in the close-up. AKtoMO047PA248664
AKtoMO048PA248665 To the left of the previous mountain was this one that had some nice folding of the rock units. AKtoMO048PA248665
AKtoMO049PA248667 Another shot of the mountain down the road... AKtoMO049PA248667
AKtoMO050PA248670 ...and the shot later when we got closer to it, and viewing it from roughly the south looking north. AKtoMO050PA248670
AKtoMO051PA248672 Then a couple minutes later we had a better shot with some of the lowlands mixed in with the previous photo and no phone lines... AKtoMO051PA248672
AKtoMO052PA248675 ...then I zoomed in on the main section of it... AKtoMO052PA248675
AKtoMO053PA248676Reexposure ...and even further (with the photo re-enhanced to take out some of the haziness) making the bedding units come out better. AKtoMO053PA248676Reexposure
AKtoMO054PA248677Reexposure This mountain was just to the left of the previous one (again this photo was re-enhanced to take out some of the haze), but this one had a cool fold in it. AKtoMO054PA248677Reexposure
AKtoMO055PA248678 More of the surrounding mountains. AKtoMO055PA248678
AKtoMO056PA248680 At a pullout on Trans-Canadian Route 16 toward Jasper, Alberta, there was this nice folded peak... AKtoMO056PA248680
AKtoMO057PA248681 ...with a close-up since the sun was getting in the way. AKtoMO057PA248681
AKtoMO058PA248682 Some of the bedding near the pullout was cool to see. AKtoMO058PA248682
AKtoMO059PA248683 The view across the road from the pullout was of the two peaks with the nice folding in them. AKtoMO059PA248683
AKtoMO060PA248688 Further down the road, there was a nice view of some of the snow covered peaks. AKtoMO060PA248688
AKtoMO061PA248691 After we passed a construction area around Talbot Lake, a view back to the northeast displayed the mountains around possibly Roche Miette... AKtoMO061PA248691
AKtoMO062PA248692 ...and the same view zoomed out to get more of the sky in the view. Awesome day!! AKtoMO062PA248692
AKtoMO063PA248693 More of the views to the western side of Trans-Canadian Route 16 to Jasper... AKtoMO063PA248693
AKtoMO064PA248695 ...and another... AKtoMO064PA248695
AKtoMO065PA248697 ...and another... AKtoMO065PA248697
AKtoMO066PA248699 ...and one more. AKtoMO066PA248699
AKtoMO067PA248704 A view of the Palisades... AKtoMO067PA248704
AKtoMO068PA248705 ...and the view back from where we came in. AKtoMO068PA248705
AKtoMO069PA248709 At about 12:12 PM (MDT) we arrived in the beautiful little town of Jasper, Alberta. AKtoMO069PA248709
AKtoMO070PA248710 We stopped in Jasper for lunch (at the brand new Jasper Brewery) and to walk around for a little. One of the best sights was that of Pyramid Mountain north of town. AKtoMO070PA248710
AKtoMO071PA248711 For some of my firefighting friends, wouldn't you like to have this view from work every day? Pyramid Mountain behind the Jasper firehouse. AKtoMO071PA248711
AKtoMO072PA248712 One of the peaks of (I think) the Colin Range northeast of Jasper with a cool glacier coming from it... AKtoMO072PA248712
AKtoMO073PA248713 ...and another view of just the glacier. AKtoMO073PA248713
AKtoMO074PA248715 Pyramid Mountain from one of the main streets in Jasper. AKtoMO074PA248715
AKtoMO075PA248718 At the train station in Jasper, there was a nice tall totem pole. Kate is to the right of it at the base for scale (about 5' 6 AKtoMO075PA248718
AKtoMO076PA248719 Another view of (I think) the Colin Range from the train station (blindly managed to get a bird - possibly an eagle in the shot as well in the right center of the photo). AKtoMO076PA248719
AKtoMO077PA248720 A little before 2 PM (MDT) we left Jasper to head south down the Icefields Parkway that goes through Jasper and Banff (Canadian) National Parks (aka Alberta Route 93). Not long after starting down the road we saw Mt. Tekarra on the left side of the road. AKtoMO077PA248720
AKtoMO078PA248722 A short distance down the road I took this shot of the Athabasca River centered on Mt. Kerkeslin. AKtoMO078PA248722
AKtoMO079PA248724 Kate was admiring the view as well, and before we got back in the car I got her posing in front of (I think) Mt. Hardisty in Jasper National Park. AKtoMO079PA248724
AKtoMO080PA248726 Some of the bedded and beaten up rocks along the road... AKtoMO080PA248726
AKtoMO081PA248728 ...and with Mt. Hardisty in the background... AKtoMO081PA248728
AKtoMO082PA248729 ...and finally with a close-up on the dipping bedding. AKtoMO082PA248729
AKtoMO083PA248731 The sign for Athabasca Pass on the western side of the road... AKtoMO083PA248731
AKtoMO084PA248732 ...and where it is pointing to... AKtoMO084PA248732
AKtoMO085PA248730 ...and again with the sign in the shot pointing to Athabasca Pass. AKtoMO085PA248730
AKtoMO086PA248734 Next we came to the area where Athabasca Falls is located. We went to check it out. We knew we would see a mountain to the southeast of the falls, but as we walked down to the view point we saw the glory of Mt. Kerkeslin with the bend in the Athabasca River. AKtoMO086PA248734
AKtoMO087PA248736 I had Kate pose for the shot of Mt. Kerkeslin and the Athabasca River flowing toward us as it goes over... AKtoMO087PA248736
AKtoMO088PA248738 ...Athabasca Falls. AKtoMO088PA248738
AKtoMO089PA240029 Athabasca Falls with Mt. Kerkeslin in the background. AKtoMO089PA240029
AKtoMO090PA248743 A description for the next photo... AKtoMO090PA248743
AKtoMO091PA248741 ...the falls creating potholes. AKtoMO091PA248741
AKtoMO092PA240032 The churning water as it flows downstream after the falls. AKtoMO092PA240032
AKtoMO093PA248742 Another shot of Athabasca Falls with Mt. Kerkeslin in the background. AKtoMO093PA248742
AKtoMO094PA248744 Another one of the churning water... AKtoMO094PA248744
AKtoMO095PA248745 ...as it begins to calm down flowing through the remnants of potholes... AKtoMO095PA248745
AKtoMO096PA240033 ...as it enters into a wider stream channel at the end... AKtoMO096PA240033
AKtoMO097PA240036 ...seen here with a hanging tree on a ledge. AKtoMO097PA240036
AKtoMO098PA248746 A description of the waterfalling process... AKtoMO098PA248746
AKtoMO099PA248747 Yet another shot of Athabasca Falls with Mt. Kerkeslin in the background. AKtoMO099PA248747
AKtoMO100PA248751 A description of what we were about to walk down through. AKtoMO100PA248751
AKtoMO101PA240039 An elevated channel that, as stated in the previous shot, was abandoned by the water and is what we walked down to get to the opening river valley. The rocks of the narrow channel are visible in the foreground... AKtoMO101PA240039
AKtoMO102PA248752 ...and the view of the overall stream channel after the Athabasca River goes over the falls. AKtoMO102PA248752
AKtoMO103PA248754 Mt. Kerkeslin through the trees. AKtoMO103PA248754
AKtoMO104PA248757 Kate at the railing... AKtoMO104PA248757
AKtoMO105PA248759 ...looking at the cool foamy trails left by the water. AKtoMO105PA248759
AKtoMO106PA248760 The foamy trails. AKtoMO106PA248760
AKtoMO107PA248762 Kate posing at the lower part of the abandoned channel... AKtoMO107PA248762
AKtoMO108PA248764 ...and both of us at the upper portion (looking downstream) of the abandoned channel. AKtoMO108PA248764
AKtoMO109PA248765 The parting shot of the Athabasca Falls with Mt. Kerkeslin in the background. AKtoMO109PA248765
AKtoMO110PA248766 Mt. Kerkeslin as viewed a little further down the road. AKtoMO110PA248766
AKtoMO111PA248768toPA248777 A panoramic view of the mountains to the southwest through south of Mt. Kerkeslin with the Athabasca River in the foreground. AKtoMO111PA248768toPA248777
AKtoMO112PA248778 The sign pointing out Mt. Kerkeslin... AKtoMO112PA248778
AKtoMO113PA248779 ...and the southern side of Mt. Kerkeslin... AKtoMO113PA248779
AKtoMO114PA248781 ...and roughly the southeastern side of Mt. Kerkeslin. AKtoMO114PA248781
AKtoMO115PA248782 The sign for Mt. Fryatt... AKtoMO115PA248782
AKtoMO116PA248783 ...and Mt. Fryatt. AKtoMO116PA248783
AKtoMO117PA248784 The view downstream (to the north) from the pullout for Mt. Fryatt. AKtoMO117PA248784
AKtoMO118PA248785 (Possibly) Lick Peak through the trees as the sun peaks through one of them... AKtoMO118PA248785
AKtoMO119PA248786 ...and a close-up. AKtoMO119PA248786
AKtoMO120PA248787 The sign for Brussels Peak... AKtoMO120PA248787
AKtoMO121PA248788 ...and Brussels Peak. AKtoMO121PA248788
AKtoMO122PA248789 As shown by the snow blowing off the peaks of this mountain further south, it must have been a rough day at that elevation, but on the road it wasn't too bad. AKtoMO122PA248789
AKtoMO123PA248791 The first views of Endless Chain Ridge on the eastern side of the road... AKtoMO123PA248791
AKtoMO124PA248794 ...and a close-up of a portion of Endless Chain Ridge with the Athabasca River in the foreground. AKtoMO124PA248794
AKtoMO125PA248796 Further down the road, the view of Endless Chain Ridge. AKtoMO125PA248796
AKtoMO126PA248798toPA248804 A panoramic photo of the Endless Chain Ridge on the left, shows that the beds dip toward the road, but then continue up the other side of the road. This basically shows a good example of a synclinal valley (beds dipping toward the center). The road goes down through the center of it. AKtoMO126PA248798toPA248804
AKtoMO127PA248810 Mushroom Peak on the western side of the road. AKtoMO127PA248810
AKtoMO128PA248813 The view downstream (to the north-northwest) from the pullout for Mushroom Peak. The Sunwapta River is visible on the left side of the photo and Endless Chain Ridge in the center. AKtoMO128PA248813
AKtoMO129PA248814 A look upstream (to the southeast) at the Sunwapta River. Mt. Athabasca is in the distance just right of center. Difficult to tell what peak is on the left side of the photo. AKtoMO129PA248814
AKtoMO130PA248815 A view across the road to the east of Sunwapta Peak... AKtoMO130PA248815
AKtoMO131PA248820 ...and the view further down the road looking back at the southern side of Sunwapta Peak... AKtoMO131PA248820
AKtoMO132PA248821 ...and a close-up of the upper portion of it. AKtoMO132PA248821
AKtoMO133PA248822 Some of the beat up rocks and bedding on the eastern side of the road from the pullout to view... AKtoMO133PA248822
AKtoMO134PA248823 ...Mt. Kitchener... AKtoMO134PA248823
AKtoMO135PA248824 ...and here is Mt. Kitchener. AKtoMO135PA248824
AKtoMO136PA248826 Just to the northwest of Mt. Kitchener there was a nice landslide/avalanche area on this peak. AKtoMO136PA248826
AKtoMO137PA248829 From the same pullout for Mt. Kitchener, one can look upstream (to the south-southeast) at the headwaters of the Sunwapta River. This is the Sunwapta Canyon. Mt. Athabasca is in the center of the photo. AKtoMO137PA248829
AKtoMO138PA248831 This shot was taken back to the northwest from where we came near the Columbia Icefield Centre... AKtoMO138PA248831
AKtoMO139PA248832 ...at this same point we got our first glimpses of the Athabasca Glacier and its terminal moraine... AKtoMO139PA248832
AKtoMO140PA248833 ...with another shot to include the headwaters of the Sunwapta River. AKtoMO140PA248833
AKtoMO141PA248834 The Columbia Icefield Centre as viewed from the viewing area for the Athabasca Glacier. AKtoMO141PA248834
AKtoMO142PA248838 The sign for the Athabasca Glacier trail... AKtoMO142PA248838
AKtoMO143PA248835 ...and the Athabasca Glacier. The Athabasca Glacier is part of the Columbia Icefield. AKtoMO143PA248835
AKtoMO144PA248836 This was a strange place to put a road, but it led up to the end of the trail. AKtoMO144PA248836
AKtoMO145PA248837 A view of the mountains to the east from the Athabasca Glacier. Just after we took this photo, we headed on down the road and over Sunwapta Pass at about 6,700 feet elevation. Going over Sunwapta Pass also meant we were entering into Banff National Park. We entered this park at around 4:45 PM (MDT). AKtoMO145PA248837
AKtoMO146PA248841 Once into Banff, we saw some additionally cool geologic features in some of the peaks. This one was made up of a synclinal ridge. AKtoMO146PA248841
AKtoMO147PA248842 This next peak had a very nice landslide/avalanche scarp extending down its flank. AKtoMO147PA248842
AKtoMO148PA248843 Looking more to the southeast from the same pullout as the last two photos, these peaks also made up another synclinal ridge. AKtoMO148PA248843
AKtoMO149PA248844 Similar to Valdez, Alaska, Banff also has a Bridal Veil Falls... AKtoMO149PA248844
AKtoMO150PA248846 ...but this fall doesn't seem to have as large of a water discharge as the one in Valdez, Alaska - though this could just occur from it being later in the season. AKtoMO150PA248846
AKtoMO151PA248848 At the same pullout as the Bridal Veil Falls, this peak was standing out in all its beauty. I think it is Cirrus Mountain, but not too sure. AKtoMO151PA248848
AKtoMO152PA248850toPA248853 Just a little further down the road, I shot this panoramic of the synclinal ridge section to the east. Awesome! AKtoMO152PA248850toPA248853
AKtoMO153PA248854 The next pullout we came to was for the Weeping Wall... AKtoMO153PA248854
AKtoMO154PA248855 ...this wall section apparently has some unexploded ordinance on its cliff face. The explosives were used for dislodging vulnerable avalanches from the summit, but one or more didn't go off, and may come down some time in the future once Nature does its thing... AKtoMO154PA248855
AKtoMO155PA248856 ...and here is the Weeping Wall section. AKtoMO155PA248856
AKtoMO156PA248858 At the same pullout as the Weeping Wall, we got a great look back to the northwest from where we came. The biggest thing to gather from this view is the smooth U-shape of the valleys - very indicative of glaciated regions. Also in the photo are two synclinal peaks in the center, and the upstream portion of the North Saskatchewan River in the foreground. AKtoMO156PA248858
AKtoMO157PA248859 A zoomed in shot of the two synclinal peaks in the distance. AKtoMO157PA248859
AKtoMO158PA248861 The view from the Weeping Wall pullout to the southeast. AKtoMO158PA248861
AKtoMO159PA248862 I believe this peak is Mt. Saskatchewan to the southwest from the Weepeing Wall pullout. AKtoMO159PA248862
AKtoMO160PA248863 A little further down the road, and another shot of the cool view to the southeast. AKtoMO160PA248863
AKtoMO161PA248865 From the same pullout area, and a little northwest from the previous photo, this is possibly Mt. Coleman. AKtoMO161PA248865
AKtoMO162PA248866 At the same pullout, this raven just hung out by the car while I shot the photos and a couple of him - he was about 2 feet away from me and didn't seem to care. AKtoMO162PA248866
AKtoMO163PA248867 Difficult to tell what mountains we were looking at here and in the next photo, but they were pretty spectacular in their scale. They are located on the eastern side of the road... AKtoMO163PA248867
AKtoMO164PA248870 ...and the other shot. AKtoMO164PA248870
AKtoMO165PA248871 The next several photos show off more of the views of Banff National Park, and can pretty much speak for themselves. Not many of the peaks were marked, so trying to distinguish which ones we were looking at was very difficult. I don't want to get too much wrong in the labeling of these grand features. AKtoMO165PA248871
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AKtoMO167PA248873 Looking to the southeast. AKtoMO167PA248873
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AKtoMO169PA248877 The contrail in this shot makes it look like the plane is going to crash into the mountain. AKtoMO169PA248877
AKtoMO170PA248878 The zoomed out view of the previous photo shows off the lake that was near it. AKtoMO170PA248878
AKtoMO171PA248879 The view to the southeast from the same spot as the previous two photos. Getting closer to sunset. AKtoMO171PA248879
AKtoMO172PA248880 The light hitting the peaks back up the road to the north-northwest. AKtoMO172PA248880
AKtoMO173PA248881 Another cool sunlit peak. AKtoMO173PA248881
AKtoMO174PA248883 This shot was taken on the western side of the road to get a photo of the small glacier (Snowbird), or even ice fall that was extending down the slopes of Mount Patterson... AKtoMO174PA248883
AKtoMO175PA248884 ...and here is the zoomed in shot of Snowbird Glacier. AKtoMO175PA248884
AKtoMO176PA248885 The next several photos have a couple description photos with them (provided by the park displays at the pullout). The entire set are from the western side of the road. The mountains in view go from roughly Bow Peak to the southwest on up to Mt. Jimmy Simpson to the west-northwest. Behind this ridge of peaks is the Wapta Icefield. AKtoMO176PA248885
AKtoMO177PA248888 The first view extending from Bow Peak (likely behind the tree at left of center) to Crowfoot Mountain on the right side... AKtoMO177PA248888
AKtoMO178PA248889 ...and the full view of Crowfoot Mountain with Bow Lake in the foreground. AKtoMO178PA248889
AKtoMO179PA248886 The next label photo... AKtoMO179PA248886
AKtoMO180PA248891 ...and the photo of the features from Bow Falls and Bow Glacier to the left of center, Portal Peak to the right of center, and Mt. Thompson on the right side. AKtoMO180PA248891