Capturing the Art of Nature
| Anderson River FSR - South A new area to try out and see what autumn colours may be there to enjoy |
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| Siwash Creek & Anderson River FSR's A return to Siwash from the north allowed us to explore most of the valley. Then it was on to the Anderson River area for a sneak peek. |
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| Lady Peak A new season and another attempt to reach the peak of this elusive mountain. |
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| North Mission An easy drive to North Mission for a short hike and a visit to Stave Lake |
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| Lighthouse Park Revisited I hadn't been back here this year and felt I was overdue in enjoying the eastern and west coastlines. |
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| Hope Mountain Our second try to reach the peak. This time the weather cooperated and we made it all the way. |
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| Siwash Creek Road This was our first trip in the region between the Fraser Canyon and the Coquihalla and we unsure what to expect in this region. |
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| Elaho River Valley Our last visit was 5 years ago; time has passed so quickly, so we were very curious to see what changes we would encounter. |
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| Goat Mountain & Ridge I selected this hike last year and have been looking forward to it since then, it was definitely a fun hike despite a few setbacks. |
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| Return to the Silver Skagit Valley Our first trip of the year encountered deep snow, so today’s trip was to explore the same roads further in and totest out my HF radio kit. |
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| Tsileuh Creek Revisited Our first trip was in March when we were stopped by deep snow, today we hoped to explore much further and see the far end of the road, alas, plans often get unfulfilled. |
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| Hiking Mt St. Benedict We finally did it, after several attempts and others problems we finally were able to get going on our hike up Mt. St. Benedict! |
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| Norrish Creek It’s been years since I last passed through the Norrish creek area. As I am often near the area I have often remarked that I need to get back there and explore the roads we zipped past when we exited the hills though this valley. |
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| Hike to Mt St. Benedict Waiting for months to do this hike, I still wasn’t sure we would make it |
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| Norvan Falls A long but easy hike to a spectacular waterfall. It is definitely worth the effort |
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| Ashlu Creek Three years since our last visit, it was time to see what the power project has done to the area. |
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| Cartmell, Simms & Mystery FSR's It was back to the West Harrison to explore a few more side roads that were recently re-opened. |
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| West Harrison and Weaver FSR Back to the West Harrison to explore some of the early side branches that have been missed over the years |
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| Silver Skagit - South End We have explored the north and central areas of the valley, today we tried the southern section. |
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| Silver - Skagit Road - take two After exploring the upper section of the valley last month, today we explored the middle section. |
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| Tsileuh Creek FSR & Alexandra Bridge It had been 6 months since our last visit to the canyon and we still had much to see so I was looking forward to today's adventure and hoped the weather would not get in the way. |
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| Lindeman Lake A lovely day and location for a first hike of the season |
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| Upper Silver Skagit Road Nine years ago was my last visit, and then only a quick drive through to Ross Lake. So today's adventure was all brand new exploration. |
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| Murdo Creek & Lost Creek FSRs The Lost Creek area still had much left for us to explore, on today's visit we started on a new side road - the Murdo Creek FSR |
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| Nesakwatch Valley & Chilliwack Lake Travelling up the valley we had a great view of Mount Slesse, then in the afternoon we got reacquainted with Chilliwack Lake. |
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| Chipmunk Creek & Mount Thurston FSR's Another try for the Mount Thurston loop but snow was the victor yet again. |
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| Stave Lake Wetlands The ground around the lake is very soggy, it makes for challenging driving and hiking. |
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| Lost Creek FSR & Twin Lakes Christmas was over and the weather was good so we set off to revisit the eastern Stave lake region |
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| Chehalis River FSR It was time to explore the upper regions of the Chehalis River again and check out the slide that permanently closed the lake campsites |
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| Chiilwack, Folley & Chipmunk FSR's It felt good getting back into the hills after a month of bad weather. We were greeted with snow & Ice! Winter has arrived in the hills. |
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| Garnet and American Creeks Again My last two tries to connect to Emory Creek got side-tracked so this third attempt will hopefully find the way through. |
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| Alton, Ontario & Region (Day 11) North of Brampton is the small village of Alton, these images are from our travels and stay in the Millcroft Inn. |
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| Western Elgin County - Ontario (Day 7) The weather was great for photography so I set out west along the lake to find new sights. |
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| Hawks Cliff Road (Day 6) I always enjoy the views from the cliffs overlooking Lake Erie, the subtle colours are amazing. |
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| Webster & Tews Falls Conservation Area - Ontario (Day 3) Another good weather day so our trip to Spencer Gorge looked very promising. |
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| Hilton Falls Conservation Area - Ontario (Day 2) It was great being back in Ontario for my annual autumn colours tour. Today we started in a new area. |
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| Bridal Falls, Garnet & American Creek FSR's A lovely day for the back country and a chance to finish off a number of incomplete explorations. |
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| Garnet, Talc, Harrison FSR I had hoped to travel a loop from Garnet through to Emory Creek but are driving took us a very different way. |
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| Fraser Canyon & Spuzzum FSR Our next area to explore was the Spuzzum region but on the way we found some nice sights in the Fraser Canyon. |
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| Mount Strachan Part of the Cypress Bowl Ski area, Strachan was my fifth and final peak of the season. |
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| Hope Mountain Over-looking the town of Hope, BC. This peak looked interesting and promised great scenery from the top. |
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| Sumallo River FSR The little community of Sunshine Valley has caught my interest for many years as I zipped past on the Hope-Princeton Highway, today we stopped to see what it hid. |
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| Lady Peak I hiked Lady Peak several years ago and have planned to try it again, hopefully reaching the actual peak this time, so I had scheduled it as one of my 5 peaks for this summer. |
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| Mount Seymour I've hiked a number of the lower hikes on the mountain so it was about time I tried for the actual peak. |
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| Hope Mountain FSR Travelling along The Hope-Princeton Hwy one sees numerous roads heading off into the hills. Today we explored the first of these roads. |
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| Diez Vistas Overlooking Indian Arm and Buntzen Lake, this trail isn't a difficult one but does go for 15Km and takes some time to complete. |
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| Squeah FSR The Fraser Canyon is a beautiful area to travel through. Most people zip down the highway barely glimpsing the scenery, today I explored the lower canyon but from the side opposite the highway. |
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| Hollyburn Mountain This year I plan to hike 5 peaks and wanted to start off the series with a revisit to Hollyburn. The mountain had a few surprises for me. |
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| American & Emory Creek FSR's I have not explored the roads along the Fraser Canyon so far so it was a new treat to start our adventure with American Creek FSR. |
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| Ruby & Garnet Creek FSR's It being a month after our first visit, I was hoping all the snow would be gone and we could fully explore the area. |
