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Reeves
01-24-2009, 07:29 AM
Had to go into my Photo Bucket account for another site, thought I may as well post a few pictures here. Hope no one minds ?

A friend decending into a mill well on the Athabasca Glacier.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/136.jpg

Meltout. Ice climb in JNP.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/20.jpg

This one is in a steep gully next to Mt. Kitchener, JNP.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/66.jpg

Key stone in the same gully.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/63.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/62.jpg

Mt. Kitchener at night.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/18.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/50.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/55.jpg

Athabasca Glacier in winter, JNP.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/94.jpg

Wilcox Pass from Mt. Athabasca. JNP.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/33.jpg

Tangle Falls, JNP.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/17.jpg

Just a bit north of the Athabasca Glacier.
Bang ! Ouch !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/DerrickJB/ButHeads.jpg

scoot
01-24-2009, 07:37 AM
WOW. Those are some great photo's man! was that for work or recreation?

lucky07
01-24-2009, 07:40 AM
Great pics man! Makes me regret movin' back out east even more than I already did. Friggin' swampland out here ... :-(

Reeves
01-24-2009, 08:11 AM
scoot ... both ! Worked in the area and got into climbing etc. Long time ago now....

lucky07 ... I grew up in Ont. You couldn't pay me to even visit again LOL !

bridger
01-24-2009, 08:35 AM
awesome thanks

ElkMasterC
01-24-2009, 08:39 AM
Nice shots!

Love the Rams pic...very Dynamic

Steeleco
01-24-2009, 09:33 AM
Very good pictures indeed. Cooooold to I'll bet!

Shooter
01-24-2009, 12:55 PM
That pic of the two rams is awesome. So are the others tho.. But I think you may have been being watched :razz:

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee38/tnlpinkney/63.jpg

branthunter
01-24-2009, 01:24 PM
I did a fair bit of climbing myself in my youth and miss the mountain environment a lot lately---musings of a getting-old man I guess. I recently took my son on the ATV right up into the alpine. It took 1/2 hr. He couldn't believe we used to hike the same altitude gain carrying 50lbs. and hiking all day to get there.

Reeves
01-24-2009, 03:47 PM
Shooter...I had wondered if anyone would spot that ! It's in both key stone pictures.

BigBanger
02-05-2009, 12:44 AM
Awesome , thanks for showing me .

brianscott
02-05-2009, 01:41 AM
I have been to the top of Wilcox peak and Nigel Peak right beside it.
Always wanted to do Athabasca, been on the glacier lots(not the tour bus) Some nice rams up there. I usually camp at the Icefields campground when I am exploring the area.

Doid the Wapta traverse this past summer and it was a blast.
7 mountains in 6 days about 75km it was a fun trip.

Reeves
02-08-2009, 10:39 AM
Brian
One of my favorite hikes in the general area was always to Pinto Lake, from the Park side. If I remember right, it is about 1500m elevation gain, right at the start. Up and over Sunset Pass. There are a few small puddle/pond in the Pass, with small Brook Trout.

The trail through the Pass is hard to follow. But if you stay to the left through the Pass you'll find the trail that curls down to the Lake.
If you want to stay on the path. I liked going straight up the center. This way it ends up at a shear cliff where you can look almost straight down on Pinto Lake. See the color changes with depth.

Lake has huge Bull Trout. I think it was closed to fishing a few years after I left the area.

I rafted out the Cline river one time. This slowly changes into a very steep walled canyon. Raft got torn to shreds and ended up walking out to the David Thopmson HWY. 12 hours in the water, then in the dark hike out. Long day ! Got to the trail head and there were several out fitters with horses waiting till the next day for a game warden (?) to decide what to do about the big Grizz that was feeding on one of their dead horses beside the trail. They couldn't figure out how I made it past it !

Beautiful area. There are 5 (?) valleys that converge at this lake.

Ciskman
02-08-2009, 11:43 AM
Nice pics man. Ive been up Mt Athabasca and have hung out on the glacier doing a lot of cravas rescue training. Beautiful area!

Reeves
02-08-2009, 12:24 PM
Nice pics man. Ive been up Mt Athabasca and have hung out on the glacier doing a lot of cravas rescue training. Beautiful area!

If you carry a knife it will save you a pile of work :biggrin:

Ciskman
02-08-2009, 06:06 PM
haha. The guy needing rescue should have the knife..Vertical Limit style!

"skma"
03-26-2009, 09:46 AM
great pics fr the rams 2 tanglefalls which looks great

quackquackbang
03-26-2009, 12:26 PM
Awsome Pictures!!!