Summer Lockdown | Pat & Baiba Morrow

Summer Lockdown

We find ourselves still in blissfull lockdown here in the Rocky Mountain Trench, in the wake of the fourth wave. Grateful to be where we live, especially during this chequered epoch.

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Kain Teens day 1 of climbing camp, Pedley Pass, Rockies, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Cameron Hofer, Anika Rievaj, Rockies, B C

Kain Teens day 1 of climbing camp, Pedley Pass, Rockies, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Cameron Hofer, Anika Rievaj, Rockies, B C

Photographer Brian Clarkson at Elizabeth Lake marsh in Cranbrook, BC

Aerial of wetlands from our house.

Hike to basin beneath The Bastille peak, Leona Creek, near Jumbo Creek/Pass, Purcells, with Barrie Hawes and Doug Andrus.

Lower slopes of Mt Hammond on sw ridge attempt to climb with Brad Hartshorn, Farnham Group, Purcells

Hike to old mine portal and mining cabin perched above Toby Creek at confluence of Jumbo creek with Paul Bauman and Juno the dog, Purcells

Mt Delphine, Scramble up Redline Peak via glacier on northeast face with Haruko Nagano, Carol Hammerquist Epp, and Ross Leeder. Purcell Mountains

Creek crossing on hike with Karen Barkley, Dorje and Baiba, Purcells

Paddle in smokey light on Wilmer wetlands past Goose Island with Gareth Thompson and Kelly Yurasek

Pedley Pass loop hike with Baiba, Rockies

Hike to Diana Lake, and toward Fossil Ridge, near Edgewater/Brisco. in Rockies, BC with Baiba, Norm Funnel and Barrie Hawes - smokey

Hike up Pinto mountain with Jon Turk & Nina - near Invermere, BC in Rockies

Mts Sultana and Nelson behind, Dave Jones scramble to summit of Mt Catherine at the head of Sultana creek, a branch of Delphine Creek, Purcell range near Invermere, bc

Hike on south side of Pedley Pass with Norm Funnel, on occasion of Doug Anakin's memorial when his daughter Bridget and other friends and family members hiked to the pass.

Kain Teens day 2 of climbing camp, Redline Peak, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Cameron Hofer, Anika Rievaj, Purcells, B C

Kain Teens day 3 of climbing camp, Barbour Rock crag, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Cameron Hofer, Anika Rievaj, Purcells, B C

Kain Teens day 3 of climbing camp, Barbour Rock crag, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Anika Rievaj, Purcells, B C

Kain Teens day 3 of climbing camp, Barbour Rock crag, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Purcells, B C

Kirk Mauthner on first ascent of the Kain Memorial route on Mt Aeneas in Pedley Pass, Rockies, near Invermere, BC

Kirk Mauthner on first ascent of the Kain Memorial route on Mt Aeneas in Pedley Pass, Rockies, near Invermere, BC

Kirk Mauthner on first ascent of the Kain Memorial route on Mt Aeneas in Pedley Pass, Rockies, near Invermere, BC

McLean Lake, Buster Lake loop hike with Karen Barkely, Dorje, and Sarah Locke - Catamount Glacier, Whirlpool

McLean Lake, Buster Lake loop hike with Karen Barkely, Dorje, and Sarah Locke

Kain Teens day 1 of climbing camp, Pedley Pass, Rockies, guide Tim McAllister, Snowpatch the dog, Virginia Denchuk, Cameron Hofer, Anika Rievaj, Rockies, B C