Saturday, July 31, 2010

Journey to Grande Cache

Epic scenery, epic push in our 1994 Plymouth Voyager (part transporter, part house) and plenty of nerves as the start of the 2010 Canadian Death Race approaches.

Some scenes from the journey from Squamish, British Columbia to Grande Cache, Alberta:



Sunset in central BC, and only 350km into the journey:


Leaving the rainforest-like lush of Squamish and seeing the red marscape of the BC interior ahead:
The Southern face of Mt. Robson, the highest point in the Rockies at 3954m. It is also the 3rd highest peak in British Columbia:


The Rockies, outside Jasper:




Wildlife crossing in action:



The warning at one of the trailheads in Grande Cache:


One of the valleys I will be running in at the end of the race: