Siffleur Falls, Alberta by brewgirlca
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Description
It took us an hour to hike only 4 km carrying our camera gear to reach the famous Siffleur Falls but it was well worth it. In the summer this is a popular hike but in mid-winter my friend and I had the entire area to ourselves. It was incredibly quiet and peaceful as we were the only two persons in the entire wilderness area.
The blue color is real and not from processing. The river is fed from springs which have a high copper content and so are blue. What is amazing beside the color is the structure of the frozen falls with the massive hanging icicles and the rounded knobs. Truely a winter fay wonderland.
You can see the water is still falling behind the ice sheet as there is a cascade at the base.
Comments (24)
In looking at this amazing picture, I can just imagine how it sounds like during the spring run-off..the water crashing and cascading down. Here , though is just the silence of Winter.
it goes without saying that this is beyond beautiful great capture
Beautiful capture – but it look like a treacherous area for hiking!
Wow! That is really cool! What a great angle too. Beautiful and have never seen anything quite like that. Instantly takes me to thoughts of glaciers. However the surroundings really give it a fey mood. One thing I did like about all the snow recently was how peaceful and quiet everything was, especially at night. Excellent capture.
Truly spectacular. Granted that you had some great raw material to work with, your composition & postwork turned it into a photographic masterpiece that would be right at home in an art gallery or a fine nature photography book...
tout simplement magnifique
This is an awesome photograph. Worth every second of the hike. 10+++++
impressive ! Well done.
Most Outstanding. Aloha
Thanks for sharing this truly amazing capture, Roxie.
Very beautiful capture, Roxy-sensei!
Beautiful shot Roxie and again... excellent post work!!!
This is really beautiful! Great shot!
Welcome to what cold weather can do, imagine trying to survive in this climate without all your modern comforts... Great capture Brew-G!
excellent
magnificent, so well composed and executed
Amazing
What a gorgeous shot, Roxy! You definitely have a higher tolerance for cold than do I. Although to see and photograph this, I would seriously consider taking off my wuss cape, and trade it for some thermal underwear... That blue color is just gorgeous.
this is wonderful
I'm blown away by this phenomenon. I adore waterfalls, this one would be beautiful anytime of the year, and I've never seen anything quite like this!
I am joyed that you made the short hike in these conditions to the falls. What a wonderful image resulted from it!
Very beautiful
Never gets quite that cold here. Great shot, and congrats on being picked for LWITG. Love the different textures and that blue ice is wonderful.
Wow.. is this near Jasper? I have lived in alberta for nearly 20 years and have never heard of this place.