Highland Flowers

Wildflower season in the alpine meadows of Canada is very short lived. Depending on the weather, there is a window of a few weeks to a month, where you can see them in full bloom. On this trip we hit the jackpot. A good friend and I headed up a remote logging road with my beat up old ford pickup truck. I made jokes on the way about not having a spare tire, to which we both exchanged nervous laughter. We got to the end of the road where we had planned to start our hike and left the truck behind for the night. Already, there were signs of recent bear activity, so we were on high alert. We started along a feint old trail which soon disappeared into nothing. For the next few hours we bushwhacke...View all