Banff 2005


August 6-14, 2005







Calgary Tower


Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary


View from Calgary Tower


View straight down from Calgary Tower


Bighorn Sheep at Sulphur Mountain


The top of Sulphur Mountain Gondola


View from Sulphur Mountain


Darner dragonfly


Johnston Canyon


Pelidne Sulphur (Colias pelidne) near top of Lake Louise Gondola


Log on Moraine Lake


Moraine Lake


Mariposa Copper (Lycaena mariposa) near Moraine Lake


Lake Louise and the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise


Lake Louise


Along the Icefields Parkway


Crowfoot Glacier


Athabasca Glacier


Athabasca Glacier from the glacier


People on Athabasca Glacier


People on Athabasca Glacier


Glacier vehicle


An older glacier vehicle


The extent of the Athabasca Glacier in 1844 (sign at bottom)


Peyto Lake


Elk along the Bow Valley Parkway


Three-toed Woodpecker near Bow Falls


Banff Springs Hotel


The Banff area from Sulphur Mountain


Gray Jay on Sulphur Mountain


Banff Springs Hotel


View from the top of Banff Springs Hotel


View from the top of Banff Springs Hotel


Columbian Ground Squirrel in Canmore



Mammals observed:  Least Chipmunk, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Red Squirrel, Black Bear, Elk, Mule Deer, Mountain Goat, Bighorn Sheep.




Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email:  shwand@sonic.net

All Photos © 2005 Alan Wight