{"id":3978,"date":"2012-11-04T08:33:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2012-11-06T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T01:12:19","slug":"rocky-mountains-august-2011-day-seven-sentinel-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mountains &#8211; August 2011 &#8211; day seven &#8211; Sentinel Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rocky Mountains previous:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3905\">Day one<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3912\">Day two<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3947\">Ground squirrel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3960\">Marmot<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3966\">Day three<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3968\">Day four &#8211; first half<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3970\">Day four &#8211; second half<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3972\">Day five<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3974\">Pika<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3976\">Day six<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978\">Day seven -Sentinel Pass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0996_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Mointains-in-the-Banff-National-Park_art?IMID=45aece0a-93f2-4c55-9595-48a8a60e516c\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our adventure came to an end, and it was time to move towards Calgary, because next morning my friends should flight home. But it was pity to spend whole day just driving, and we decided to stop in Banff, to take a short hike, spend the night somewhere close to Calgary, and next morning to go to the airport. After the long debates, we decided to go to Moraine Lake and hike to Sentinel Pass. I was there several years ago, and the Pass left me with very nice remembrances.<br \/>\nOn the road &#8211; view to Athabasca Glacier, the place where you can ride on the glacier by the special bus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/Atebaska_Panorama.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The glacier, closer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0957_atabasca.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We came to Banff later afternoon, and started hiking almost in sunset, so the lights were not really good. On the other hand, all the traffic on the trail was against our direction. Very soon we met ground squirrel on the trail. It diligently pretended to look like a shy girl.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0972_squirell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0978_squirell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0981_squirrell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0983_squirell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The way to the Sentinel Pass laid via larch valley. It is nice during the summer, but really beautiful in the fall, when larches turn yellow. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/Senteniel_Panorama1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mount Babel (with a glacier) and its neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0997_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Banff-mountains-in-Canadian-Rockies_art?IMID=43331004-7872-4bab-9c11-962f880c5cf7\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Way to the Pass among larches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1001_centiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Trail-to-the-Sentiel-Pass_art?IMID=6c9b8fa6-4799-4e58-b647-3944a4531326\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some views of Mount Babel with variations of foreground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1002_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1005_sentinie.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Banff-mountains_art?IMID=34b0be70-0afd-4099-9c35-fcd919b57921\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1006_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Mount-Babel-in-Canadian-Rockies_art?IMID=e08722b9-a587-4fcd-a08f-e8286b1dc370\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1007_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/View-from-Sentinel-Pass-Canadian-Rockies_art?IMID=181d43ae-10e6-4e83-aa2b-dd85aa297e6b\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>To the Pass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1010_butterfly.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Butterfly-on-he-rock_art?IMID=adc31887-8aa7-4a82-9f7f-ae0ff9d4b5cc\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is a view from the Pass to another side. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1011_senteniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/Senteniel_Panorama.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was time to go back, but before leaving, we took our time to play with animals living at the pass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1018_senteniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The animal of the Pass was a young chipmunk, very shy, teenager really. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_1024_chipmank.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Among chipmunk, there were several ground squirrels on the pass. One of them effectively used the hikers as its food niche. We spend about forty minutes playing with this squirrel, and, of course, feeding it with nuts and dry berries. A lot of photograph were made, so I will make a separate post about this rodent.<br \/>\nAt the dusk we went down, and it was the end of our adventures in Canadian Rockies. <\/p>\n<p>To be continued:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3980\">Sentinel Pass &#8211; Ground Squirrel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3982\">Rockies Fungi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocky Mountains previous: <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3905\">Day one<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3912\">Day two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3947\">Ground squirrel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3960\">Marmot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3966\">Day three<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3968\">Day four &#8211; first half<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3970\">Day four &#8211; second half<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3972\">Day five<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3974\">Pika<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3976\">Day six<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978\">Day seven -Sentinel Pass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0996_sentiniel.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Mointains-in-the-Banff-National-Park_art?IMID=45aece0a-93f2-4c55-9595-48a8a60e516c\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978\">Rocky Mountains &#8211; August 2011 &#8211; day seven &#8211; Sentinel Pass<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,317,328],"tags":[325,314,324,333,321,322,323,330],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}