Frosty Forests

The elusive golden larch. Every fall these trees grace a select few areas in Canada, mostly in mountainous areas. If you time it just right, you can catch the larches with a dusting of snow before they shed their needles. This perfect merge of the seasons is one of my favorite and most unique landscapes to capture. Running off of very little sleep and a lot of coffee we slowly drove up the winding logging road to the trailhead. A young grizzly bear had just trotted along the road in front of us and darted off into the nearby brush. Our dog, Yuki, finally calmed down in the back seat. She was still vigilantly looking out of the window, wondering where the giant creature had gone. We arrived ...View all