Wedgemount Lake
I spent last weekend up in Whistler (another post on that coming soon), and instead of trying to find a couch to surf, I brought my backpacking gear along and hauled myself up to Wedgemount Lake for a night. The 1200m vert trail is a real heart-starter (Grouse what?) on the way up, and a knee-breaker on the way down, but the east-west orientation of the valley makes for some great light at sunset.
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The campground has ~20 sites in two different areas; a handful of tent pads and a small hut at one end of the lake that provide a great view of the whole valley,
while the rest of the sites are further along and right beside the lake:
It was fairly busy when I rolled in so I ended up all alone at the far end of the campground, which is probably a good thing… I’m not sure the other campers would’ve appreciated my tent-strobisting:
This shot is two exposures blended together to simulate the effect of a graduated neutral density filter, something I’ve never really tried before. I think it turned out alright; unfortunately, my poverty wizard wouldn’t trigger the strobe in my tent from this far away:
One more alpenglow shot:
I know Wedgemount Lake is a place I’ll return to many times, now that I know its there…
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I cant spell sometimes, but I said… sick looking place, great captures, looks amazing.
Jeff
Excellent pics Strain!
You’re local, aren’t you Jeff? I highly recommend taking at least a dayhike up to Wedgemount, its not far and not busy!