The Canadian Rockies I

[syyuen168]

I went to Vancouver in last September and stayed there for sometime. After resting for a week, I took a car from home to the Canadian Rockies across the Trans Canada highway 1. It was a ten hours drive for about 900 km. I stopped at Kamloops for lunch, Salmon Arms for snacks and Golden for dinner, arrived at the lodge hotel in Banff centre at about 8:00 pm at night. For the five nights thereafter, I visit the Bon Valley Parkway driving from East to West. I did not have anytime for the Jasper visit for this trip which is located from South to North. This part of the Rockies is also very rich with Glaciers and wide animals.

The weather was excellent and temperature was moderate during my visit. I did not take any photos at nights because I was not prepared for it. The night in the park was so dark that you could not even see your fingers. No street light or light in the highways is allowed because the light pollution scare the wide animals at night, according to the park warrants. I will definitely take my gears with me the next time I visit the Rockies again. Here are some photos for sharing.

[syyuen168]

Some more photos

[Eddy So]

風景好，好風景！

[昇仔]

Classic photos, dream place for travellers and star lovers.

[水草舞] [水草舞] [水草舞] [水草舞] [水草舞]

[anyone]

beautiful !

肯定冇光害 , 觀星一流 !

[PeterPeter]

......The night in the park was so dark that you could not even see your fingers. No street light or light in the highways is allowed because the light pollution scare the wide animals at night, according to the park warrants.......

咁赤道儀上的LED燈和工作時用的燈光或激光又會唔會嚇驚到某些動物呢?
這區的郊野如果有大型動物出沒的話,可能影星都影得唔安樂

[bingsze]

袁：

你做咩放幾張名信片上來呀，

你咁攪法我地個個會癡線的呢！

唔知幾時我地有幸去這些咁靚的地方呢？

[鄧登凳]

For Canadian Rockies, better star observation sites should be on the west side of the mountain.

Especailly during winter, wind blows from the west up the Rockies bringing in moisture. So there is cloud on the Eastward facing mountain. The air drop all the moisture up the Rockies and therefore it is relatively dry and very few clouds. This is the process of forming the Chinook.

I think that the Banff area and Jasper area that you visitd are very good observing site. With Chinook, the west side is warmer as a result of adebatic compression of air.

However, one reminder: those areas are glizzy bears infested. It would not be a good experience to meet one in the middle of nowhere with you heavy astronomical gears.

[syyuen168]

Will you be beaten up or eaten by the wide life? Chance is pretty thin. Why? There are two reasons: When you enter the park, you receive instruction of what to do and what not to do with the wide animals as well as all the emergency numbers and locations for help. There are also signs around the entire park where the wide animals usually go for hunting. The wide animals usually are well fed by the park warrants to keep them full and warm. That said, if you are naughty enough to provoke them in short distance, this is another story. As tourist is the major income of the park, you do not hear so often that wide animals attack tourists in the park. This is quite a well organized place on earth.

One night, I drove up hill away from the Banff town to a place named Hoodoos viewpoint. It was only a couple of minutes driving distance from the town centre. I enjoyed the night sky there with my bare ears without aims. I can clearly see little dipper high up in the North Sky. What a mistakes I make not to bring my portable astro gears with me for this trip.

More photos will be followed

[MOON TO]

人間美景

[鄧登凳]

Some extracts from the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks "BEARS and PEOPLE
A Guide to Safety and Conservation on the Trail"


http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-b ... 7_e.asp#a2

Parks Canada recommends carrying bear spray with you at all times on the trail.

Bear Spray

Research indicates that bear spray can be effective with some bears when used properly. If you plan to carry it, be aware that wind, spray distance, rain, freezing temperatures and product shelf life can all influence its effectiveness. Familiarize yourself with the proper use of bear spray (including the manufacturer's specific instructions) and keep it readily accessible. However, the best way to live safely with bears is to avoid contact with them.

....

1. The best thing to do is... AVOID an encounter
Bears are extremely sensitive to the stress of human activity. You can actually help protect these animals by avoiding encounters with them.
....
Travel in groups.
Never approach a bear. (Always maintain a distance of at least 100 metres).

Larger size groups are less likely to have a serious bear encounter. We recommend hiking in a tight group of four or more. Never let children wander.
Use officially marked paths and trails and travel during daylight hours.

Those coloured red are things stargazers may do contrary to the advice of the parks management.

If I remember correctly, taking a gondola ride to the top of Hoodoos look out, you will notice many signs there warning about bears and the electric fence which is used to keep the bear out of the hiking trail.

I visited that area many times and I am not joking about glizzy bears.

[Nosneb]

呀袁生做乜post咁多畫上黎呀? 簡直靚到唔似實境! 好毒! 不過都唔會毒到我, 因為肯定冇$去!

另外, 我懷疑究竟鄧登凳兄係咪將本百科全書植入左大腦? 感覺就好似任何範疇既問題都難唔到佢

[anyone]

呀袁生做乜post咁多畫上黎呀? 簡直靚到唔似實境! 好毒! 不過都唔會毒到我, 因為肯定冇$去!

另外, 我懷疑究竟鄧登凳兄係咪將本百科全書植入左大腦? 感覺就好似任何範疇既問題都難唔到佢

勁過百科全書 , 叻過 wikipedia 啦 !

[syyuen168]

Mr. Tang, Hoodoos viewpoint is actually inside the Banff city only a couple of minutes drive from the Banff Town Centre. You do not find bears and electric fences there. I only see the small bear (The Little Dipper) high up in the North Sky. It is not my first time visit the Canadian Rockies. I have not seen any bears for the past three trips. Do you know that tenth of thousands of visitors visiting the Rockies in Summer and autum every year. Some hikers do camping in the different camp sites. Have you heard from the news that hikers got eaten up by the bears?

If you want to find bears, you need to walk for six to ten hours deep into the mountain with no access to roads and camp there at night. Then you can meet the bears as well as other widelife eye to eye.

Some extracts from the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks "BEARS and PEOPLE
A Guide to Safety and Conservation on the Trail"


http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-b ... 7_e.asp#a2

Parks Canada recommends carrying bear spray with you at all times on the trail.

Bear Spray

Research indicates that bear spray can be effective with some bears when used properly. If you plan to carry it, be aware that wind, spray distance, rain, freezing temperatures and product shelf life can all influence its effectiveness. Familiarize yourself with the proper use of bear spray (including the manufacturer's specific instructions) and keep it readily accessible. However, the best way to live safely with bears is to avoid contact with them.

....

1. The best thing to do is... AVOID an encounter
Bears are extremely sensitive to the stress of human activity. You can actually help protect these animals by avoiding encounters with them.
....
Travel in groups.
Never approach a bear. (Always maintain a distance of at least 100 metres).

Larger size groups are less likely to have a serious bear encounter. We recommend hiking in a tight group of four or more. Never let children wander.
Use officially marked paths and trails and travel during daylight hours.

Those coloured red are things stargazers may do contrary to the advice of the parks management.

If I remember correctly, taking a gondola ride to the top of Hoodoos look out, you will notice many signs there warning about bears and the electric fence which is used to keep the bear out of the hiking trail.

I visited that area many times and I am not joking about glizzy bears.

[Wah!!]

睇 Net Geo 節目, 話灰熊(定係棕熊?)好勁, 雖然上噸重, 但跑得快過世界短跑冠軍, 四吋才的爪可以俾佢爬樹, 亦識得游水.
如果佢睇中左你, 基本上就可以肯定"果頭近"喇.