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09 Boine
Date(s): September 28, 2004. Album by Hodgeman. 1 - 90 of 90 Total.
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Sept 18 - Big Horn Sheep
- In their usual place, along the Trans Canada Hwy east of Golden, BC


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Kicking Horse Lodge
- Field BC (Yoho NP) is our stop for the night


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Historic Field Station
- Canadian Pacific Railway


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Sept 19 - Elk on the Rails
- A herd of elk completes the scene on a dark & damp morning. Unfortunately my tripod was still packed


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TrailBum and Trillium
- Sunshine Ski parking lot. Our shuttle up the private road didn\'t show up


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Sunshine Village Road
- Hiking up to the Sunshine Village ski area added 6.5km and 1700\' vertical to Day 1


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Sunshine Village - Banff NP
- Sunshine Village (7200\') - Snow line was at 5700\' today


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Sunshine Meadows
- Our trail to Quartz Ridge (center)


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View North
- A look back from Quartz Ridge


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Trail Over Quartz Ridge
- The provincial border zig-zags down the continental divide. Our trail re-enters Banff a couple of times


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Snowy Meadow

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Alpine Larch
- At their peak of fall colour, before dropping their needles


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Howard Douglas Lake
- First glimpse of our camp at HD Lake. Citadel Pass lies beyond, between Fatigue Mtn & Citadel Peak


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Twilight at Howard Douglas Lake

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Sept 20 - Posing Doe
- If she were any closer, she could have helped load my pack


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The Kitchen at HD Lake
- A few snow flurries the evening before, but that was it for tarp time


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More Larch
- The best reason to be in the Rockies in September


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Drummond\'s Anemone Scattered Through the Meadows

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TrailBum Approaches Citadel Pass

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The Team in Citadel Pass (7750\')
- Mt Assiniboine is lost in the clouds as we enter the B.C. Park


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Our Trail Down
- It\'s a 23km (14.3mi) day to Lake Magog


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Police Meadows Below the Peaks of Simpson Ridge

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Simpson Valley
- View West down the Simpson River Valley


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Trillium
- Hiking through Golden Valley as we head Southeast to the core area


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First View - Mt Assiniboine (11,870\')
- Og Lake. Only 8km (5mi) to go


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My Camp at Lake Magog (7100\')

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Sept 21 - TrailBum Waits for a Clear Peak
- ...... keep waiting....


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Lake Magog
- The Towers, Naiset Point, Terrapin Mtn, Mt Magog & Mt Assiniboine


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Prime Location
- Assiniboine Lodge is dwarfed in the massive glacial valley


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Enroute to Nub Peak

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Here Comes Trillium

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Sunburst Peak (9222\')
- Cerulean Lakes in the foreground


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TrailBum & Trillium on the Nub

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180View
- NE to SW from The Nub


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Trillium at Elizabeth Lake

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Elizabeth Lake

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Cerulean Lake & Sunburst Peak

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Sunburst Lake
- Naiset Pt, Naiset Pk, Terrapin Mtn & Mt Magog


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Sept 22 - Naiset Huts
- Five originals were built in 1925 by the founder of the Alpine Club of Canada


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B.C. Parks Ranger Station

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The Towers & Naiset Pt

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TrailBum Enroute to Wonder Pass

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Magog Creek

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Trillium Taking In the View

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Nub Peak from Gog Lake Meadows

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Waterfall into Gog Lake

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Trail to Wonder Pass

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Lined by Larch Trees

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Waterfall from Mt Cautley
- We spotted a lone wolf nearby


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Looking Back Through Wonder Pass

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Trillium on Wonder Ridge
- Into Banff once again


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Marvel Lake

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View East from Wonder Ridge

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Eon Mtn (10,949\') and Lake Gloria

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Descending Wonder Ridge

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Returning to B.C.

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Back at Gog Falls
- Waiting for a sunny break


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Rough Life for the Rangers

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Cabins at Assiniboine Lodge

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Assiniboine Lodge
- Built in 1928 by C.P.Rail. Now privately operated under lease from B.C. Parks


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\'Tea Time\' at the Lodge

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Sept 23 - Leaving the Core Area

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Meadows at Og Lake

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Fall Colours

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Valley of the Rocks
- Winding trail through an ancient slide, of more than a billion cubic metres of rock


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Massive Mushrooms

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Mushroom Mystery
- Dozens of mushrooms have been carefully placed on tree branches in the Simpson Valley


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Sept 24 - Sunrise through the Willows

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Frosty Morning at Porcupine Camp

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Aspens
- At last.... a perfect weather day !


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Clear View of Simpson Ridge

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Climbing Back to Citadel Pass

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Reflections

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Can\'t Get Enough of Those Larch

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"The Boine"
- About as clear as it gets


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Hodgeman on the Trail

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The Full Show
- The Boine and surrounding peaks from Citadel Pass


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Lunch at Citadel Pass
- Now all we need is a herd of Big Horn Sheep to wander up the pass


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Mountain Sheep
- A herd of 20 sheep arrive, right on cue


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Perfect Timing

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"Hey, Whatcha Lookin\' At?"

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The Herd Moves On

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Peaks of Kootenay NP
- View West from Citadel Pass


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One Last Larch Shot
- Back at Howard Douglas Camp


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View from Quartz Hill

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Fatigue Mtn & Howard Douglas Lake

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Sept 25 - Sunshine Meadows
- Standish Ridge & Sunshine Meadows to Mt Howard Douglas


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Arriving at Sunshine Village
- This time our shuttle van was there


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Hodgeman, Trillium & TrailBum
- The Outpost Pub in Lake Louise


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Rogers Pass
- View from Glacier Park Lodge. Our stop for the night


 
   
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