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This is a beautiful view of storm clouds over distant mountains at Utah Lake. It was taken while standing on a remote wilderness mountain ridge (elevation 7,318). The trail leading up to this spot was one of the most challenging that I have driven. In fact, I was told that quads had sometimes had to turn back... and I think that side-by-side and quad drivers were surprised to see a truck up there. Some of the trail was extremely steep… and rocks beat up the tire walls. But it was worth it because the landscape was surreal with dead trees lying all over the place.
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Past deadfall logs resting on the bottom of lovely Louise.
The typical view of this iconic lake is of it's striking teal tones and it's spectacular mountain backdrop. Many may be surprised to know there are lots of old logs resting on the bottom of this special lake.
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Burned logs and dead trees are scattered all along a mountain bluff overlooking Utah Lake far below and the distant mountain ranges. Snow still lingers on the peaks in June. This was a challenging climb in a 4x4 off-road truck, but well worth it!
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Zephaniah 1:14-15 “For the great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh. A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapour.”
The tracks in the snow are from deer. There isn't a patch of snow without tracts. They feel safe here because it is off trail, so they don't need to worry about people...except for me of course. Down below this ridge, on the other side, I followed some moose tracts, but thankfully I never came across the moose. At that time there was much more snow. The big danger is the unseen deadfall under the snow. It would be easy to break an ankle, leg, or even your back.
I wanted to shoot that dead tree covered in moss but I couldn't find a comp that wasn't full of deadfall. As I walked away I spotted this shot between the 2 trees that I liked. Bea said it looks like the Grinch. 3 shot focus blend. Vlog Below.
Nothing like a little wading with a ton of expensive gear that isn't waterproof... I was a little sad this year to discover that a firework created a fire in the gorge that decimated most of the waterfalls. It will be many years of recovery. Perhaps a lifetime for Oneonta, it was completely full of deadfalls and burned out trees. 4 shots. Focus stacked for foreground rock and left side sharpness. One shot at 8/10ths for the mist that was painted in as well as stilling the moving leaves. Then Another at about 3-4 seconds for the waterfall smoothness (I played for a while with a less smooth look but ended up settling on the smoother) and then a final shot at around 15" for the foreground smooth water and shadow detail, still kind of dark but that feels real to me - high dynamic range is a delicate balance.
A view of a subsiding rainstorm over a mountain at Utah Lake. This picture was shot from a remote wilderness mountain ridge (elevation 7,318). The trail leading up to this spot was among one of the most challenging that I have driven (although another trail in Idaho is the reining champion). I was told that quads had problems at times on this particular mountain trail... and I think that side-by-side and quad drivers were surprised to see my truck up there.
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A view of the MT Timpanogos mountain range beyond Utah Lake from a remote wilderness mountain ridge (elevation 7,318). The trail leading up to this spot was one of the most challenging that I have driven. I was told that quads had problems at times... and I think that side-by-side and quad drivers were surprised to see a truck up there.
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I obtained this surreal view of Utah Lake in the distance below by climbing a mountain in my truck. Quads and side-by-sides were surprised that a truck made it there. Although not very deep, the water is an unusual color and has a bacteria growth that deters swimming.
Zoom in to see the snow-covered mountain peak in the distance.
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Time to turn back on the Dalesville River, Quebec.
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114/100 Paddles, 2016.
Kinuseo Falls is in remote Monkman Park, in northeastern British Columbia. The park is named for Alex Monkman, who spearheaded a project to build a highway in the lowest elevation mountain pass through the Canadian Rockies.
The initial rough cut of a road through the pass was nearly completed by the late 1930's but was postponed when WWII broke out. The trail was complete except for one challenging 28 km section and in fact, one symbolic shipment of grain was transported from Alberta through British Columbia using this route.
After the war, the British Columbia government actually prohibited any further work on the route and gave citizens of Fort St John and Dawson Creek the right to vote on whether the Monkman Pass or the Pine Pass would be the route through the Rockies. The Pine Pass route would result in a highway through their towns, so of course that pass was favored. The Monkman Pass became a footnote of historical interest.
Today, you can get to Monkman Park and Kinuseo Falls via a (poorly) maintained Murray River forestry road. Upstream of Kinuseo Falls, you can hike the Monkman Pass Memorial Trail, a hiking route for advanced back country enthusiasts.
This view of Kinuseo Falls is reached by a short and easy trail through the forest with the trailhead near the top of the falls. The trail has not been maintained for a couple of years though and is lightly travelled, so you will be dealing with a lot of new growth and deadfall.
By the way, Kinuseo Falls was a location featured in the recent movie Seventh Son.
Today should have been my sons 29th birthday. I found myself needing a break from my thoughts and took to editing this image.
On the right side of the image, there was a lot of deadfall which is now gone. I also had some fun in giving the image an artsy whimsical look with oil painting. It's very unrealistic, but I find it to be cheerful and feel so much better! Hope it in some way brings cheer to you as well.
Happy Birthday Brad! You will forever be in my heart!
Road leading to Churn Creek Reservoir....that provided water for the CCC in the 1930's. The reservoir will be removed sometime this year. Located in the northwest portion of the forest.
Slowly this tree returns to the forest where it came from feeding the next generation and completing the loop
Silver birch deadfall caught on the rocks. A focus stack of three images.
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Not quite 2 years later I returned to Sids Falls yesterday since a cloudy morning was forecasted - the weather did not disappoint. It was great to visit once again as Sids was really the first waterfall I took photos at after getting back onto the photography train thanks to my friend John a couple of years ago. The hike down to Sids (and Maxie Dukes for that matter) will definitely give you a work out, but both are a great payoff. Excellent solitude as well as I had them all to myself all morning. Unfortunately, there is some new deadfall down at the bottom of Sids preventing a solid photo from the very bottom scenic cascade. I plan to come back in the coming weeks with a hatchet to remedy that situation. I created this photo as a eight (8) capture stack for added detail. :) -H3
This little reflection pool was a lucky find. The dead-fall was difficult to work around, so it became the prominent subject...I hope it worked. Kispiox River, BC.
This is a nice little waterfall that isn't real easy to find but worth the effort to get there. It's not a long hike, but there's a lot of climbing over deadfall and steep mountainsides to climb up and slide down.
A large female grizzly in the tall grass on the river bank suddenly reared up and focused her attention up river. With her acute sense of smell, over 2000 times better than that of humans, clearly something had attracted her attention that wasn't obvious to us mere mortals. Chilko River, British Columbia.
26/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
Horsetrough can definitely be a beauty, but it's quite a shame the amount of deadfall there at the base area. Luckily she did have some decent waterflow, but somehow I wasn't at the top of my game when shooting the photos here... but it's worth a look to see the current state, and hopefully we can get the dead / brown tree out of there at some point... sooner than later. :) -H3
An alarmed mother grizzly coveys her sense of danger to her rearing up yearling cub, Chilko River, British Columbia. The other cub is behind the mother in this shot and can't be seen. It was't obvious what had alarmed the mother, but it was upstream from us and grizzlies have a superb sense of smell (best larger to see the claws and dripping water)
12/10/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
We returned last night from attending a wake for my husband's best friend who he had known since 4th grade to find that additional forest closures had been mandated related to the Pack Creek Fire to some of the areas where my husband and I recreate on a regular basis, in particular, Medicine Lake.
My husband is a Vietnam Veteran. Physical activity is his therapy. The back side of the La Sals provide a restorative environment where he can run, ski, bike, and hike. He clears deadfall and debris from running and bicycle trails in the spring and has bagged every peak in the range.
We live on the saddle of South Mountain and cut down dead aspen in the fall for firewood. We were married in the La Sals. The La Sal mountains are our life. The mountains are our medicine.
A grizzly bear that has found a nice secluded location behind a deadfall tree, is sitting in the water holding a half-eaten salmon in his/her forepaws, Chilko River, BC.
27/12/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A big grizzly bear spots a salmon in the river and rushes into the water from the river bank in an unsucessful attempt to catch it. The bears are bulking up on salmon during the fall salmon run to see them through their winter hibernation. Chilko River, British Columbia.
24/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
A female grizzly, backed by fall colours, is reflected in the water where she stands belly deep while fishing for salmon, Chilko Lake, BC. As you can tell from her focus on the water, she's totally concentrated on catching a fish.
16/09/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
Bears have one of the best senses of smell in all the animal kingdom, 5-7 times better than a bloodhound and over two thousand times better than humans. They can even detect scents that are underwater. This photo is of a grizzly bear smelling an underwater salmon, visible as a slight discolouration of the water in front of its nose, that a few seconds later it caught and ate (tomorrow's photo).
17/02/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
After she smelled a salmon in the water, a grizzly bear catches it in her jaws, with a little help holding on with her forepaws, Chilko River, British Columbia.
18/02/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
I composed this image of the Bow River and Bow Valley while hiking the Muleshoe Trail in Canada's Banff National Park. The hiking path starts at river level, so I had climbed quite a bit.
Muleshoe Trail is a fine trail at the beginning, running through spacious meadows that provide sweeping vistas of Bow Valley, but about three-quarters of the way up, the trail disappears in a tangle of deadfall. Persevere through this mess of rampikes, and one will reach a summit cloaked in trees, but views can be found a short distance away. The trail terminates in Muleshoe Ridge, east of Corey Mountain, but I must confess that while I have hiked Muleshoe Trail many times, I've never made it that far.
The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for the river is Makhabn, meaning "river where bow weeds grow."
Two grizzly bears met on the river bank, one travelling upsteam, one travelling downstream. It was a standoff. What happened next? Sorry, didn't see; it's one of life's little unsolved mysteries. Chilko River, BC.
18/03/2023 www.allenfotowild
After her bluff charge the mother grizzly joined up again with her yearling cubs and the three of them continued upstream for some salmon fishing. They paused to pose on some deadfalls by the water's edge, and I liked the way her front paws, with their long claws, crossed on the narrow log. Chilko River, British Columbia.
An adult female grizzly fishing in belly-deep water by some deadfall logs, Chilko River, British Columbia. I noticed that the grizzly bears would often be fishing in areas where there were a lot of downed trees which made me wonder if the salmon preferred areas like this where there was more shade and that provide a place to rest away from strong currents. A little research confirmed that fallen trees promotes a complex portfolio of aquatic habitats that are essential for the survival of salmon populations.
16/02/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A grizzly cub focuses on eating a salmon carcass that it managed to get all to itself on a narrow beach by the rainforest at the water's edge, Chilko Lake, BC. I love the way it had it's paw wrapped around the salmon.
28/09/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
Silvertip bear is a alternative name for the North American grizzly bear. Here a silver-tipped (grizzled) grizzly cub stands on a fallen log in the fall, Chilko River, BC. The grizzly bear's formal Latin name, Ursus arctos horribilis, came from confusion between grizzly and grisly, or "horrible." Grizzly bears come in a variety of colours from blond to black and often have brown fur tipped in white or gray. The adjective grizzly probably arose from these "grizzled" or gray-colored hairs, and this cub is a great example of this colouration.
08/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
Mark Trail Wilderness - I found this cascade on Low Gap Creek to be just perfectly beautiful, and I spent quite an amount of time documenting it from a number of vantage points. Besides there being absolutely no deadfall or imperfections it amazingly extends the entire width of Low Gap Creek, and even had some mountain laurel blooming up above there. I often wonder if a cascade out in the middle of nowhere like this has ever even been photographed. If not, I did my part on Saturday. :) -H3
A well-fed female grizzly sits chilling on some deadfall on the river shore and seems to be debating about whether to continue fishing or to take a rest, Chilko River, British Columbia.
A mother grizzly has just caught a salmon as her cub watched from the shore and the cub wades into the water to join its mother, hoping to share the catch, Chilko Lake, BC./
06/10/2021 www.allenfotowild.com