Nature & Wildlife Photos, Jasper, AB, Canada

Nobody wants to stand in a frozen valley at the Columbia Icefields at 4 AM when it’s -40°. It’s miserable. It’s dangerous. But it's beautiful. If you want the most raw, the most silent version of the North without losing a toe, this is the collection to check out.

To find wildlife in Jasper requires the patience of the mountains themselves. No lures, no interference, just the honest record of bears and moose moving through the sub-alpine or mountain goats ghosting through among the alpine rocks.

These images are the result of pushing past the last gravel roads and into the silent basins of the Main Ranges. From the wind-scoured summits of the Palisades to the muskeg of the Athabasca, this is the Rockies as they were before the maps were drawn!