Yesterday morning I turned to Duane and asked him if he was interested in doing a quick run up the mountain right across from our house. He said that he was, but he wanted to know if I would be willing to postpone it so that we could be on the peak for sunset, so that we could try our hand at some longer exposures. So that was exactly what we did. It almost didn’t work though – we ended up leaving the house a bit later than we wanted (2:40) and had to haul in order to make the peak on-time for 4:30. Wikipedia tells me that we climbed nearly 4,000 feet, so I am pretty happy with the pace that we set. We didn’t think that we were going to make it on-time so ended up creating our own straight-line for the last 1,500 feet or so. It could be that I am just a whiner, but that was an absolute slog! The snow had frozen and melted a few times so it’s got a pretty good crust up top and was challenging to boot-pack through.

Anyway, here are some of the results, the first one was grabbed from the ridge on the way up:

We got to the top just in time. We literally threw down our packs setup the tripod and started shooting!

After a few minutes the light got really warm!

Fernie. The ski hill is on the far right side of this photo.

It was totally dark on the way down. So we decided to setup some flashes and try some night photography! It’s amazing how monotonous several km of trail can be when it is only lit by your headlamp!

Alright – we’re in Calgary this weekend for Stefanie and Dennon’s wedding, so check back early next week for some images from that!