I began to prepare my next trip to Canadian Rockies after I came back from Alaska in July 2009. The plan was to visit Banff, Jasper and other National Parks in Canadian Rockies. The time, I had primarily thought about, was at the beginning of October 2010.

After two months reading about the areas, I decided to add another major destination for photographing: Kananaskis Country. The project was further expanded to include Waterton National Park and US Glacier National Park in next a few months. The plan appeared too ambitious as comparing to original one. I felt that more time was nended for preparation. I cancelled the plan and made a casual trip to Chongqing, CHINA in the the end of October 2010. The photos of China visit can bee seen in Fold CHINA, Chongqing of this website.

The final plan was decided to visit Canadian Rockies in late Spring of 2011. Seattle WA - Yoho NP - Jasper NP - Banff NP - Kananaski Country - Waterton NP - Glacier NP (US) - North Cascades NP - Seattle. My journey was just like plan. Everything appeared fine until my last stop when I drove from Spokane to North Cascades. The geologic patterns of the areas reminded me of Palouse Region. I just realized that I drove through north edge of Palouse! I will definitely choose to stay two night in Palouse instead of actually stayed in North Cascades if I had done better on my homework for the preparation.


The weather was collaborative during staying in Kananaskis Country. I drove through Smith-Dorrinetrail in the evening and Kananaskis Trail (Hyw 40) next morning to visit provincial parks along the roads.