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Could it get much better than this? Dogsledding alongside the frozen Spray Lakes in the Kananaskis was an experience to remember.

A small side road off the Icefields Parkway, meandering off towards a campsite that was closed (as everything on the Parkway is at this time of year). There was the perfect amount to pepper the roadside and mountains while still leaving the road clear for easy driving.

Not-very-nice weather dogged us for our entire drive north on the Icefields Parkway, but it didn't really matter. While we would have liked to have seen the Parkway in brilliant sunshine on at least one of our drives, the angry clouds made for some great scenes in black & white!

Canadian Rockies, Alberta

An elk doing his best "majestic" look on a hill above Surprise Corner in Banff. It's only slightly undone by the big number on his ear tag!

The famous methane bubbles of Abraham Lake. Every year, this man-made reservoir freezes, causing the plants on the bottom of the lake to decompose and release methane bubbles, which freeze in place in the ice. The result is a mesmerising display all across the lake.

Even in the -20º temperatures of a March morning in Jasper, the Athabasca River was flowing freely, the ice floating in its current just obscuring the reflections of the national park's mountains beyond.

Jasper national park in Alberta, Canada has some of the nicest mountain and nature scenery. Their beauty takes my breath away and fills me with a sense of wonder and awe. The Canadians Rockies are an amazing landscape.

Athabasca Falls is a hugely popular summer destination, with its intense falls crashing into the gorge and leaving visitors in awe. While the falls were barely running when we visited in early March, I found the contrasts of winter just as impressive; the dark walls of the gorge against the pale blue skies above, and the deep aquamarine of the water with the white blanket of snow surrounding it. It's a place I will stop at time and again, no matter what time of year it is.

A cloudy sunrise and Mount Rundle perfectly reflected in one of the Vermilion Lakes on a calm November morning. I didn't even mind standing calf-deep in mud to see this! :)

Moraine Lake is one of my most popular workshop destinations, so over the summer, I watched the sunrise nearly 20 times there. It was fascinating to see how the lake changed over that time, as well as all the different sorts of lighting that can occur at that time of the morning. I captured the light on the Ten Peaks behind the canoes at the end of my second "All-Nighter" workshop in July. It was a great place to end our long night of shooting around the park!

Canoes set up on the shoreline of Two Jack Lake, ready for a morning of paddling out on the lake.

Jasper national park in Alberta, Canada has some of the nicest mountain and nature scenery. Their beauty takes my breath away and fills me with a sense of wonder and awe. The Canadians Rockies are an amazing landscape.

A baseball cap featuring a design of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, perfect for showing your love of the state and its beautiful scenery.

Abraham Lake is often seen up-close, with the detail of its famous methane bubbles front and centre. This lookout gave a bit of a wider view of the lake, which looked like a blue, icy plain stretching far into the distance in both directions, with tall mountains marking its southern shores.

Our trip to Herbert Lake was a bit shorter than we would have liked, since it started raining as soon as we made it to the end of this track! Good thing the Canadian Rockies look gorgeous in rain, hail, or shine (although I found they were better viewed from inside the car in the rain)!

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The boat house at Lake Louise during a raining summer morning, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

The sheer joy of driving down the Icefields Parkway, with a view of a Canadian passing you and speeding off into the distance towards some of the most amazing scenery you'll ever see.

Night time shot of an Elk in the Canadian Rockies.

The gorgeous mountains of Banff National Park rise up over the Icefields Parkway near Lake Louise as a few mountain wildflowers bloom in the foreground.

A few trees decided it was too hot on this summer's day and decided to go for a bit of swim in the Bow River. In actuality, they were probably taken down by the floods less than a month before.

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The imposing mountains of Banff National Park rise up in the distance as we cruise along the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper.

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The Denver Zephyrs (formerly the Denver Bears) were a Minor League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They were a Triple-A team that played in the American Association from 1955 to 1962, the Pacific Coast League from 1963 to 1968, and the American Association again from 1969 to 1992. They played their home games at Mile High Stadium. They played as the Zephyrs from 1984 to 1992.

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Colorado State Flag

The northern lights light up the skies above Jasper and the waters of Lake Edith below. It was well worth the wait on the shoreline, even if it was so quiet that I jumped out of my skin when a fish jumped nearby! Camera: Nikon D750 w/ 16-35mm f/4 lens ISO 3200, 30s @f4

The Denver Mavericks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League during the first half of the 1959–1960 season. They played at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. The Mavericks were an expansion team and recruited most of its players at colleges in Colorado. The IHL pulled the franchise from the original owners, Mile High Hockey Inc., and gave it to a Denver group headed by David M. Segal. The new ownership refinanced the team, but the changes did not solve the team's financial problems. On December 3, 1959, the team moved becoming the Minneapolis Millers. The Mavericks were in Denver for only 34 days, and finished their tenure in Denver with a 10–8 record.

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