Descending Mount Holy Cross Hike - Exploring the Gulley - Part 1 📷

I was surprised to find some lush green areas in the high alpine mountains after such a hot summer here. I guess the condensation from the clouds and higher elevation rains keep some moisture even though it is never making down to the base of the mountains to feed the streams or creeks very often.

Some really neat areas we found on our way down the mountain, and although the mist prevented some of my more classic panorama landscape shots, these close ups turned out pretty well I think.

Its not the summit up there, still hidden by mist, but the rocks in here are only an area of about 3 feet.

Finally had some break in the mist, you can see the endless gully up to the summit that we have been descending from. Some of those bands of rock up above are a lot larger than they migth seem from this distance.

Here is an idea of the scale of these rock bands all the way down along this gulley. As I said in my last post here playing in the snow last visit, its impressive to see how much snow covers all of this, considering it is one of the best glissades to have around here in the late spring.

That me, exploring both sides of these trickling water falls and cliff bands. Some fun, but definitely tough terrain to be careful out on.

And last but not least, I love how when the sun comes out, the drizzling rain / mist at the upper elevations is just misted away as soon as the clouds clear in places. This is looking back up part of the descent route we've dropped down.

That's it for now thanks for joining me on more of these great adventures in the great Canadian Rockies!