Winters Touch [explored]

The magnificent scenery of Banff's Icefields Parkway looking over one of the many glacial lakes nestled between the magnificent snow capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. I'm not sure whether that is Peyto Lake or Hector Lake in the distance. I didn't mark the location very precisely at the time so I'm just guessing from Google Maps that it might be Hector Lake [confirmed by multiple commenters that this is Hector Lake].

 

Taken from a snowbank on the roadside on the drive from Banff to Abraham Lake with Kevin Benedict back in better times (Feb). The Icefields Parkway is rated as one of the worlds most magnificent drives, and I have to agree. There are staggering views all over the place. As a photographer, it would be basically impossible to make this drive and *not* pull over to take photos every few miles.

 

This is a pano stitch of I think three shots. I decided on a monochrome treatment as there isn't much color in this landscape anyway other than the dark green of the evergreens, and the mono really brought out the atmospheric details of the clouds and the snow blowing off the mountains.

 

This was truly a spectacular and memorable trip and I still have quite a few photos remaining to post over time. I really can't wait to explore the area again in all its different seasonal aspects.

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