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Helmcken Falls, the tallest (463 ft) waterfall at Wells Gray park. The main viewpoint requires no hiking, while the route behind is an easy 5 mi round trip that starts at a nearby parking area. Known for its large snow cone, by 4/25 there was only enough left to block my view from behind. Kinda had bad timing for this overall, both too soon and too late and then I hit it with the sun both blazing and shadowed in the canyon.

Extra photos include a view of the snowpack behind obscuring the falls but maintaining the view out over the valley, a shot just upstream of the falls with a rainbow in the mist (would’ve been cool over the falls, not bitter at all haha) and a little tighter shot of the falls.

That’s the end of my time at Wells Gray, Spahats was under renovation still and the rest of the park was still closed for winter.

Dawson Falls, next of the three large waterfalls that were accessible when I passed through wells gray park in mid-April. The hike is all reward, low effort as you walk the short distance from the downstream viewpoint to beside its base. Highwater may put falls in upper viewpoint. Additional photos show two side views, one looking over the lip and the other looking alongside it from the upper viewpoint, and a third photo that is instead a vertical shot of the falls from downstream.

Moul Falls. Easy hike at the beginning of #WellsGray park. Drops 115 ft straight down, while you’ll have to take the stairs. You can hike behind the waterfall as well, but it was still landslidey when I was there. Hiked 4/3/25. Canon r8 w 24-50mm. Additional pictures show the stairways, a view from the top with some stairs in view on the left and the creek flowing out from the falls on the right, and an unnamed waterfall you’ll pass on the trail.

Is there any way we could get functionality for alt text to automatically generate if its included in the metadata description? Hopefully this is an acceptable forum to ask.

This short but steep trail twists and turns as you climb the many stairs to reach the top. Included photos show two more views of all the ups and downs through the forests, and one cluster of trilliums in pink and white. Hiked April 16 2025.

Some photos of the northern lights as seen the other day. They were really going strong for a while there around 1am MT. Brief description for photos in body: Wide angle views of the borthern lights, the beams were strongly visible in the purple areas and when it was really going would flare up in the yellow. The yellow lower sections were boiling at times as they waved around. If the alt text doesn’t come through I have ‘do a barrel roll’ for one of the loops of the underside.

All photos taken on a canon r8, using either a rokinon 14mm or a canon 24-50mm.