Tenderfoot Creek

Above Glacier Creek (North Fork) The Other Form Of Getting High In The Kootenays

Clear Skies Over Trout Lake, British Columbia

Razors Edge

Cooper Creek

Mt Lavina

From left to right. Glacier Creek, Mt Lavina, Hamill Creek, Comb Mtn, Clint Creek. (Left Center) Duncan Dam and the south end of Duncan Lake behind the dam.

MacBeth IceField

Fire Scence of the Davis Creek Fires

I fought a fire in this steep valley in 1998 and six years later after I was out of the forest fire fighting business another wildfire tore through the same area. The fire in 2006 helped accomplish what we stopped it from doing in 1998.

Kootenay Lake September 2007

Cooper Face, Mt Cooper and McKain Creek Surrounding Area

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.

Mt Templeman from East Creek

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.

Upper Duncan Lake from Cockle Creek

The Duncan Lake Reservoir was created in 1967 after BC Hydro flooded the Duncan Valley and the original Duncan Lake creating a man made lake.

To see more of what Duncan Lake looks like, check out Balance of Power: Hydroelectric Development in Southeastern British Columbia

South Bay or Lower Arm

South Bay or Lower Arm. Duncan Island in the background

Healy Creek in the Alpine

Healy Creek