 Sept 18 - Big Horn Sheep - In their usual place, along the Trans Canada Hwy east of Golden, BC
|  Kicking Horse Lodge - Field BC (Yoho NP) is our stop for the night
|  Historic Field Station - Canadian Pacific Railway
|  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
|  Sunshine Village Road - Hiking up to the Sunshine Village ski area added 6.5km and 1700\' vertical to Day 1
|  Sunshine Village - Banff NP - Sunshine Village (7200\') - Snow line was at 5700\' today
|  Sunshine Meadows - Our trail to Quartz Ridge (center)
|
 View North - A look back from Quartz Ridge
|  Trail Over Quartz Ridge - The provincial border zig-zags down the continental divide. Our trail re-enters Banff a couple of times
|  Snowy Meadow
|  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
|  Twilight at Howard Douglas Lake
|  Sept 20 - Posing Doe - If she were any closer, she could have helped load my pack
|  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
|  Drummond\'s Anemone Scattered Through the Meadows
|  TrailBum Approaches Citadel Pass
|  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
|  Police Meadows Below the Peaks of Simpson Ridge
|  Simpson Valley - View West down the Simpson River Valley
|  Trillium - Hiking through Golden Valley as we head Southeast to the core area
|
 First View - Mt Assiniboine (11,870\') - Og Lake. Only 8km (5mi) to go
|  My Camp at Lake Magog (7100\')
|  Sept 21 - TrailBum Waits for a Clear Peak - ...... keep waiting....
|  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
|  Enroute to Nub Peak
|  Here Comes Trillium
|  Sunburst Peak (9222\') - Cerulean Lakes in the foreground
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 TrailBum & Trillium on the Nub
|  180View - NE to SW from The Nub
|  Trillium at Elizabeth Lake
|  Elizabeth Lake
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 Cerulean Lake & Sunburst Peak
|  Sunburst Lake - Naiset Pt, Naiset Pk, Terrapin Mtn & Mt Magog
|  Sept 22 - Naiset Huts - Five originals were built in 1925 by the founder of the Alpine Club of Canada
|  B.C. Parks Ranger Station
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 The Towers & Naiset Pt
|  TrailBum Enroute to Wonder Pass
|  Magog Creek
|  Trillium Taking In the View
|
 Nub Peak from Gog Lake Meadows
|  Waterfall into Gog Lake
|  Trail to Wonder Pass
|  Lined by Larch Trees
|
 Waterfall from Mt Cautley - We spotted a lone wolf nearby
|  Looking Back Through Wonder Pass
|  Trillium on Wonder Ridge - Into Banff once again
|  Marvel Lake
|
 View East from Wonder Ridge
|  Eon Mtn (10,949\') and Lake Gloria
|  Descending Wonder Ridge
|  Returning to B.C.
|
 Back at Gog Falls - Waiting for a sunny break
|  Rough Life for the Rangers
|  Cabins at Assiniboine Lodge
|  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
|  Sept 23 - Leaving the Core Area
|  Meadows at Og Lake
|  Fall Colours
|
 Valley of the Rocks - Winding trail through an ancient slide, of more than a billion cubic metres of rock
|  Massive Mushrooms
|  Mushroom Mystery - Dozens of mushrooms have been carefully placed on tree branches in the Simpson Valley
|  Sept 24 - Sunrise through the Willows
|
 Frosty Morning at Porcupine Camp
|  Aspens - At last.... a perfect weather day !
|  Clear View of Simpson Ridge
|  Climbing Back to Citadel Pass
|
 Reflections
|  Can\'t Get Enough of Those Larch
|  "The Boine" - About as clear as it gets
|  Hodgeman on the Trail
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 The Full Show - The Boine and surrounding peaks from Citadel Pass
|  Lunch at Citadel Pass - Now all we need is a herd of Big Horn Sheep to wander up the pass
|  Mountain Sheep - A herd of 20 sheep arrive, right on cue
|  Perfect Timing
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 "Hey, Whatcha Lookin\' At?"
|  The Herd Moves On
|  Peaks of Kootenay NP - View West from Citadel Pass
|  One Last Larch Shot - Back at Howard Douglas Camp
|
 View from Quartz Hill
|  Fatigue Mtn & Howard Douglas Lake
|  Sept 25 - Sunshine Meadows - Standish Ridge & Sunshine Meadows to Mt Howard Douglas
|  Arriving at Sunshine Village - This time our shuttle van was there
|
 Hodgeman, Trillium & TrailBum - The Outpost Pub in Lake Louise
|  Rogers Pass - View from Glacier Park Lodge. Our stop for the night
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