Kona on Rainy Summit Ridge in early November looking south, Forgetmenot Mtn in background, too windy to continue on to Powderface Ridge, not far away.
Easy to follow trail in the trees.
Gigantic burl on spruce tree.
Rainy Ridge (430 m elev. gain)
Lusk Ridge South (460 m elev. gain)
Kona on Lusk Ridge with Barrier Lake behind, late October.
View back to trailhead to south along Powderface Trail.
Mt. Yamnuska to the north.
Deception Pass (approx 400m elev. gain)
Mt. Redoubt and Ptarmigan Lake from Deception Pass in early October.
Boulder Pass with Fossil Mountain, Mts. Douglas and McBride byond Ptarmigan Lake.
Some paintings for the December 2025 ArtUnder100 show in Calgary.
Devil’s Thumb (740m elev. gain)
Kona on Devil’s Thumb in mid-June – l. to r.: Little Beehive, Lake Agnes & Tea-house, Big Beehive, Lake Louise and Chateau.
View of Devil’s Thumb (pinnacle just left of centre) from Lake Agnes at 7am.
Plain of Six Glaciers with Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria from Devil’s Thumb.
Mt. St. Piran to the north.
Alpine Bog-laurel (Kalmia microphylla or polifolia)
Heartleaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia)
Early Blue Violet (Viola adunca)
Leather-leaved Saxifrage (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia)
Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)
Western Anemone (Anemone occidentalis)
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) – eats insects!
Prairie Mtn. (700m elev. gain)
Kona on Prairie Mtn. in mid-June, Moose Mtn. in clouds behind.
Early Yellow / Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris)
Cutleaf Daisy / Fleabane (Erigeron compositus)
White Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)
Northern Sweetvetch (hedysarum boreale)
Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolia)
Mountain / Bering Chickweed (Cerstium beeringianum)
Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus) maybe
Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
Heartleaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia)
Fringed Bluebell (Mertensia ciliata) or Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata)
DOGS ON PEAKS 