Alberta Photo Gallery

Alberta Gallery

A camping trip through the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. Along the way we visited Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Edmonton and Calgary.

Dusk on the road from the U.S. border to Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada

Big Sky Country

A waterfall along the Bow River in the town of Banff

A statue of the man who designed the Chateau Lake Louise, in the town of Banff, Alberta.

William Cornelius Van Horne

I am standing on the shores of the world-famous resort lake, about an hour northwest of the town of Banff. The clouds are descending, and it would start raining heavily and snowing a little within 20 minutes.

This impenetrable mountain is in Banff National Park, halfway between Banff and Lake Louise

Castle Mountain

Just north of the town of Banff

Lake Minnewanka

Just northeast of the town of Banff, Alberta

At Johnson Lake in Banff National Park

On the shores of Johnson Lake in Banff National Park

On the drive from Johnson Lake back to our campground at Tunnel Mountain, we passed this herd of elk. We got out of the car and were able to approach quite close before the elk walked away.

The Bow River Valley and the town of Banff, Alberta. In the center of the picture you can see the Banff Springs Hotel, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1928.

Tunnel Mountain and the Bow River at dusk. Hoodoos can be seen in the bottom left of the picture.

Bow River Valley

Here is the lake again on day two when it was a little sunnier. The water is an amazing shade of turquoise and the spectacular cliffs just rise straight out of the lake.

Moraine Lake and several of the Ten Peaks, south of Lake Louise in Banff National Park. The amazing blue water in all of these lakes is caused by glaciers grinding down the mountains. The resulting rock dust is suspended in the water and absorbs all visible light, except turquoise.

Valley of the Ten Peaks

Not much remains of the glacier that helped form Moraine Lake, but this section is visible among the Ten Peaks.

Moraine Lake Glacier

Located along the Icefields Parkway in Banff, this is the highest road pass in the four mountain parks, about 7000 feet about sea level.

A short uphill walk from Bow Summit leads to this view of glacially fed and brilliantly turquoise Peyto Lake. On the right is a great view of the Canadian Rockies in the northern half of Banff National Park.

I am standing on a cliff above the vertical walls of the narrow Mistaya Canyon in the northern part of Banff National Park

The Columbia Icefield is beyond these mountains in Jasper National Park, just across the border from Banff. The icefield is the largest south of Alaska and sits atop a triple continental divide - its runoff flows to the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans.

Jasper National Park

One of the enormous glaciers coming off the Columbia Icefield. The icefield itself is larger than the city of Vancouver.

Athabasca Glacier

The mountains around the Columbia Icefield were covered in snow in August

We hiked up onto Athabasca Glacier and saw this stream running down its face. The deep sheet of ice creates a brilliant blue color.

This 75 foot waterfall along the Athabasca River has the most powerful flow to be found anywhere in the four mountain parks. It is just southeast of the town of Jasper, Alberta

Athabasca Falls

A stone sculpted by the Athabasca River, just above the falls.

At dusk, near Athabasca Falls in Jasper National Park

Athabasca River

East of the town of Jasper in the Maligne Valley, near Medicine Lake

Bighorn sheep crossing the Maligne Valley Road, near Medicine Lake

Wildlife Crossing

A beautiful lake nestled among the Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park

Near the Miette Hotsprings, close to the northeastern border of Jasper National Park

Approaching Edmonton, Alberta on the highway from Jasper National Park. Notice that there are three exits for the West Edmonton Mall, the largest mall in the world

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