In late May, I made what has become an annual trip to southern Alberta for a nature photography conference. Over the last four years of attending this conference I have come to really enjoy visiting the Pincher Creek and Waterton National Park areas. With the number of photos I took on this trip, I will share them over the course of several posts. In this post, I will deal with the landscape photos. In future posts I will cover the wildflower and wildlife photos.
On the afternoon of my arrival, I stopped at Lundbreck Falls, a short distance from Pincher Creek. As I have photographed the falls many times, this time I opted to check out the downstream scenery. Can you see the fisherman?
It had been a few years since I visited Bathing Lake, so I decided to pay an evening visit. As is often the case in this area, it was a bit breezy, so I didn’t get the nice reflection I had hoped for.
A couple of mornings later, I made a trip up to Castle Falls in Castle Mountain Provincial Park. There was just the slightest trace of fog when I got there. More fog would have added some nice atmosphere, but alas, I have no control over that! One has to work with what you’ve got.
Further afield from Pincher Creek, near the BC border, is the town of Frank, which is know for a very tragic landslide in 1903. Not far from the town is Allison Creek Falls. The last section of road to the trailhead of the falls is very rough, but the trail down to the falls is well marked and easy to follow. The trail back to your car is a little more strenuous as it is all uphill. Fortunately, the trail is not very long – probably about 500 meters. The falls themselves are quite nice and Allison Creek offers lots of small water scenes to photograph.
About 30 minutes south of Pincher Creek, sitting on the USA/Canada border, is Waterton Lakes National Park. The drive to the park offers lots of great scenic views.
Without doubt, the jewel of Waterton is The Prince of Wales Hotel, sitting high on a bluff overlooking Upper Waterton Lake and the village of Waterton. The image on the left, below, is the hotel while on the right is the view down Upper Waterton Lake from in front of the hotel. The village is to the right and the mountains at the far end of the lake are actually in Glacier National Park in Montana.
Although not a huge park, Waterton Lakes NP is packed with gorgeous scenery. Here are a few examples.
The scenery even looks good in monochrome!
I’ll close out this post with a few small scenes and abstracts from my trip (click on any image to see full sized version).
Wind At Your Back 
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