Mt Marion

The black spotting on the nearest ridge (left center) is from what I believe is from the Little Spokane Creek fire of 07'.

McKian Creek Drainage

Mt Cooper (3089 m), Spokane Glacier and McKian Creek Drainage

Surrounding mountains that usually have snow covering them at this time of year lay barren after a very dry summer of 07'. It's been reported that the West Kootenay's are in a 6 year drought.

Mt Cooper (3089 m) and Spokane Glacier from Meadow Mountain

I had'nt been to Meadow Mountain since 1972 and then as teenagers we liked the scenery but we where more interested in exploring the new found mountain top. For the the next 34 years I always wanted to get back up to see the scenery and on my holidays in 07' I finally did. There were'nt any bears to bother a person, they had all headed down into the valleys to forage and one could sit for hours just taking it all in.

B.B. Creek from the East Creek bridge

The photo was taken not far from the old K.F.P. (Kootenay Forest Products) formerly the (Eddy Match Stick Company), camp at 63 klm on the BCFS Duncan Lake Foresty Access Road.

Healy Creek in the Alpine

Healy Creek

Near Nancy Greene Lake

I know I have'nt updated this blog for quite awhile, but then I have'nt been to the West Kootenays for quite awhile, but recently I had my annual vacation from my job at Ryder Logistics and Transportation and thought it would be nice to go back the the West Kootenays and do alittle re-visiting to places that I had photographed before and one place I had'nt been to since about 72'.

On the drive up from the coast I stopped not far from Nancy Greene Lake at what looked like a marsh that had'nt seen very much moisture over the past several months. While walking through the timber, you might call it the forest, I found that the ground litter (small twigs and branches as well as duff) was crunching under my feet, meaning that this area had'nt had any great amount of moisture for quite some time.