Yellow Garden Spider

A yellow garden spider possesses a sense of timelessness in its appearance – so still and poised, its web bisected by lightning bolts of silk, the arachnid’s appearance itself shouting warning...

Maligne Canyon and Old Fort Point, Jasper National Park, Alberta

In steady rain, Vilis and I explored Maligne Canyon trails a few kilometres from Jasper this morning, the colours of stunted vegetation and spilling river enhanced by the overcast sky and wet rock sur...

From Banff to Jasper, Alberta

Beneath overcast skies, Vilis and I headed west and then north from Banff, our destination the town of Jasper in Jasper National Park, another of Canada’s iconic Rocky Mountain national parks. E...

Hiking More Banff Trails, Alberta

Brilliant morning sunshine glared off snow-smeared mountains and pale rock as I hiked up Tunnel Mountain, a 1692-metre peak jutting upward between the Bow River and TransCanada Highway, with the towns...