Jonathan Neufeld Outdoor adventure photography and mountain life

An iconic image is one that evokes an immediate reaction, something with an immediate sense of place and emotion. For me, iconic images of Alberta always have a juxtaposition of prairies and mountains. There is something about the rolling fields in the foreground with the towering white mountains standing firm behind them that really appeals to me.

The north side of Highway 1, just west of the Springbank turnoff, is a location that I’ve noticed while aiming for destinations further west. Today however I went there with the express purpose of capturing the juxtaposition of prairies and mountains while there was a small break in the winter weather.

The avalanche danger has been High here in the Canadian Rockies for the past few weeks. There is a weak november layer and a weak december layer and with all of this storm snow the CAC is reporting that avalanches are running to the very ends of their runout zones, something that the forecasters haven’t seen in upwards of 30 years!

So since the mountains aren’t a great place to play right now I’ve been staying inside and practising with water drops. Here are some of the results.