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| Renzo wading just below Bow Falls, after our Mt. Rundle excursion |
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| The Mt. Rundle survivors' photograph (courtesy of Jim): | |
| Dagan Karp, Amin Gholampour, Balazs Szendroi, Michael Thaddeus, Renzo Cavalieri, Jim Bryan |
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| Nick with Citadel Lake and Peak, and Mt. Assiniboine in the background |
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| Also from our Assiniboine shakedown trip |
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| Mt. Fifi in the twilight |
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| Fresh snow on the peaks after an afternoon rainstorm at the Sawback Lake campsite |
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| A flag flew, but no one was home at the Flint's Park ranger station |
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| The beautiful cirque east of the switchbacks on the North Cascade River... |
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| ...the view back down the river valley from the same spot... |
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| ...and a third view across the valley toward Goat Lake |
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| Arrival in the valley of the Panther River |
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| Off the trail now and scrambling upwards through a lunar landscape... |
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| ...high above Panther Lake on the way to Halstead Pass |
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| Suitable for framing |
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| The view on the other side of Halstead Pass: Bonnet Glacier | |
| Click here for an aerial photograph of the Valley of the Hidden Lakes: Panther Lake is shaped like a long-necked cat, Halstead Pass lies in shadow below it, and further to the left, Gwendolyn Lake is the blue dot slightly above the huge Bonnet Glacier |
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| A river of ice spilling down the mountain face |
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| Johan points the way; Trifid Glacier, Gwendolyn Lake and the Valley of the Hidden Lakes at right |
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| Mount St. Bride and Mount Douglas |
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| Trifid Glacier and Alfred Lake |
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| Campsite at Gwendolyn Lake |
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| At the cascades of Douglas Creek, the huge stone blocks with trees on top described in Wilcox's account |
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| Back on the trail at Douglas Lake |
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| At the ford of the Red Deer River |
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| Mount Douglas seen from the Red Deer River |
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| Pack-free on the lower slopes of Skoki Mountain |
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| Skoki Lakes (left) and Lakes Merlin and Castilleja (right) seen from Skoki Mountain | |
| Here is another aerial photograph: Skoki Mountain is the isolated peak near the top; the lakes are below and to the left |
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| Skoki Lakes |
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| Lakes Merlin and Castilleja |
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| Atop Skoki Mountain |
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| Last glimpse of the Sawback Range, from Molar Canyon |
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| Molar Mountain from Molar Canyon |
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| The rosy-fingered dawn striking Hector Glacier, where we saw (and heard!) huge blocks of ice falling the previous night |
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| Limestone cliffs and brilliant sunshine near Molar Pass reminded us of the Dordogne |
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| Last day's lunch at Molar Pass; Molar Mountain at left |
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| Mosquito Creek from Molar Pass |
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| Steaks and Lynchburg Lemonade in Banff! |