Mid-August updates: Finishing at Shunda and back to Kannanaskis

by nclgoodman | Aug 19, 2014 | Posts from the past

­It’s hard to believe that it’s mid-August already! We wrapped up in Shunda, spent a few days back at the Elbow camp near Bragg Creek, and are now staying in an old ranger cabin at Kananaskis Boundary. Our last wee­k in Shunda included stations in the White Goat...

Icefield highway and welcome to Shunda Fire Base in Clearwater County

by vladimiralackova | Aug 11, 2014 | Posts from the past

After a beautiful week in Willmore and our last picturesque flight there over glaciers (with Mt. Robson looming in the background) we were ready to move once again. This time we headed to our third location of this summer–Shunda Fire Base in Clearwater area,...

A week in the Willmore

by nclgoodman | Jul 30, 2014 | Posts from the past

What a great week! Tomorrow we are leaving the Entrance fire camp, where we arrived one week ago to begin working on repeating our Miller 1928 survey in the amazing Willmore Wilderness Park. The week got off to a fun start with a road trip fro the Elbow Camp to...

Extinguishing the haze around repeat photography

by Kristen Walsh | Jul 22, 2014 | Posts from the past

Although we have been busy bees since our arrival in the picturesque Kananaskis Country, forest fires from nearly all directions (BC to the West, Grand Cache and the NWT to the North and Oregon and Montana to the South) produced a thick haze in the air, temporarily...

Our dream job

by taggarthodge | Jul 16, 2014 | Posts from the past

Sitting in a sparkling blue Bell-407, earmuffs over our heads, microphones at our mouths, hands wrapped tightly around our printed photographs, maps and GPS, peering down at the mountain peeks below – it is hard to believe this constitutes our daily work! Even though...

The 2014 field season begins!

by nclgoodman | Jul 9, 2014 | Posts from the past

Here we are a week into the 2014 field season, and we’ve already had some great times!  The season began with a two-day road trip from Victoria, with 5 people and an impressive amount of gear jam packed into the truck.  As inevitably happens when people are...

Come Exploring with MLP

by Mary Sanseverino | Jul 7, 2014 | MLP News

It’s the summer of 2014 and the Mountain Legacy Project has a team in the field!  But, before we bring you posts on adventures from the hills we thought it might be fun to whet your appetites for mountain images with the announcement of our map-based exploration...

A seasonal pick-me-up from the Mountain Legacy Project

by Mary Sanseverino | Dec 15, 2013 | MLP News

Mid-December: the weather outside is grey, the hills around the University of Victoria are draped in cloud. It’s enough to make a mountain researcher and photographer sigh and wish for summer. What better way to lift the spirits then by pouring over amazing...

If you’re lucky enough to be in the mountains…you’re lucky enough.

by jennalfalk | Sep 2, 2012 | Notes from the Field

So, it seems that we are back in the city. Harbour horns, seagulls and deer (oh dear not another one!) have replaced the big trucks, RVs (oh, darn, but we wanted to “experience Canada at their pace”!), and deep-cut valleys we spent our summer interwoven...

The Best Adventures: Heike’s Final Combination Blog Post

by heikegl | Sep 2, 2012 | Notes from the Field

The Best Adventures: The best adventures are those experienced with friends. The best adventures are those experienced with new friends. The best adventures are those experienced with new friends in unknown places. The best adventures are those experienced with new...