garyhaupt wrote:
Just for poops and giggles..a couple shots from yesterday in the Fraser Canyon.
Gary Haupt
Gary,
Are you sure that ain't the Thompson river?
Dave
profdant139 wrote:
Dave, I take it that this was the Glacier National Park that still has glaciers -- the one to the south has very few, anymore.
By the way, are those larch trees in the background?? Last year in the Lake Louise area, we were very surprised (and confused) to see "evergreen" conifers turning gold and yellow -- at first, we thought the trees were dying, until someone took pity on our ignorance:
profdan139,
There are 2 questions here:
1)There are still glaciers in Glacier National Park situated in BC. Refer to the National Park website.
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2)These yellow trees you mentioned near where we are camped are probably deciduous poplar trees as this is the interior wet belt.
The Larch trees in your Lake Louise shot are either Western Larch or Alpine Larch depending on the elevation. As you ascend to Sentinal Pass, the Larch that you see would be Alpine Larch which growns at higher elevations(9000')and of course are smaller than the Western Larch.
As always Dan, your photos are spectacular.
Dave
Dave, I take it that this was the Glacier National Park that still has glaciers -- the one to the south has very few, anymore.
By the way, are those larch trees in the background?? Last year in the Lake Louise area, we were very surprised (and confused) to see "evergreen" conifers turning gold and yellow -- at first, we thought the trees were dying, until someone took pity on our ignorance:
By the way, are those larch trees in the background?? Last year in the Lake Louise area, we were very surprised (and confused) to see "evergreen" conifers turning gold and yellow -- at first, we thought the trees were dying, until someone took pity on our ignorance:
We went hiking in Glacier National Park during the Thanksgiving long weekend. All campsites were closed so the only option for us after hiking was to drive out of the park and find the first available bush area.
We got off the trail late and it was starting to get dark. Not a lot of off road options for camping as this area is rugged and mountainous.
The Good: Found a lovely, level,open spot where there was fire wood within 20', creek 200',no one around. Mountains surround us.
The Ugly: Crews were tearing down an industrial building close by.(they were not working at the time), CPR trains on the mainline ran every 1/2 hour, luckily no horns and the Trans Canada highway ran right above with lots of evening truck traffic complete with jake brake. I did get a lot of stain from Mrs Crosscheck but a guys got to do what a guys got to do, right?
Is this boondocking?
Dave
We got off the trail late and it was starting to get dark. Not a lot of off road options for camping as this area is rugged and mountainous.
The Good: Found a lovely, level,open spot where there was fire wood within 20', creek 200',no one around. Mountains surround us.
The Ugly: Crews were tearing down an industrial building close by.(they were not working at the time), CPR trains on the mainline ran every 1/2 hour, luckily no horns and the Trans Canada highway ran right above with lots of evening truck traffic complete with jake brake. I did get a lot of stain from Mrs Crosscheck but a guys got to do what a guys got to do, right?
Is this boondocking?
Dave
Moved to a new boondocking spot today. Our last spot around Mammoth Lakes hit 11 degrees (Brrrrrr!!). Now around 2,700 feet lower near Bishop, CA
View out our front window
View out our front window
