Jasper National Park, Alberta - Elk

Elk mother and baby. The baby was born in the spring around April or May, according to our knowledgeable tour guide.

The elk come right into town and their droppings can frequently be seen in someone's lawn. On the way back from our tour, there were two more grazing right on the center divider of the road!

Jasper National Park, Alberta - Shark Tooth Ridge

Jasper National Park, Alberta - Tangle Creek Falls

If you look carefully, there are icicles along the sides of the falls.

Jasper National Park, Alberta

Jasper National Park, Alberta - Icefields

Snow is blown off the top of the peak, with an excellent view of a glacier embedded in the mountainside. (Bluish at center and center-right of photos.)





The river-like rectangular area at the bottom is part of the Columbia Icefield, the largest of several icefields in the area.



More glacier. If you look carefully you can see swatches of silvery-blue peeking out from the snow all over this entire surface.

Banff National Park, Alberta

This last photo shows bits of bluish glacier peeking out from under the snow, center right.

There's more!

But... I just can't keep my eyes open any longer. The rest will have to wait until I can get internet access again.

Banff National Park, Alberta - mountain sheep

These two are females. The mating season has recently passed, so males have gone off by themselves and only the females stick together in groups.