 Issue #030 - The Canadian Rockies North of Lake Louise, on your way to Jasper National Park, watch for the sign pointing out the road up to the Peyto Lake Overlook at Bow Summit. After a short, but fairly strenuous walk up from the parking lot, you will be standing a thousand feet above a glacier-fed, blue-green lake. The panoramic view is breathtaking. Off in the distance, to the right, is the Mistaya Valley. This location is perfect for a panoramic camera. A very wide-angle lens, in the 17-20mm range, will frame the lake. Some of the most spectacular alpine scenery in North America is found along the route between Peyto Lake and the Columbia Ice Fields. Although you can easily drive from Lake Louise to Jasper in three hours, allow at least one whole day for the 144- mile trip. All along the Ice Fields Parkway, you will be able to photograph reflections of glacier-capped peaks reflecting in icy blue lakes and wild waterfalls cascading down thousand-foot cliffs. You will probably see mountain goats, elk, bears, and moose from the highway.
You will find more information on the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia in Issue #30 of Photograph America Newsletter. Comments are closed.
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