August 25, 2008
Whistler, Lillooet, Lytton Loop
Itchy feet and an itchy trigger finger put me on the road today to get out into the mountains and shoot some photos. I went north up the 99 to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, carried on past Duffey Lake and over to Lillooet. Then it was back south to Lytton, Hope, and home to Burnaby. It never ceases to amaze me how varied the landscape is in BC, and how quickly you can transition from one ecological zone to another. The weather also changes by the hour as you travel, and today I encountered everything from hot sun to torrential rain.
On the 99 north.
Near the Joffre Lakes parking lot.
Near the Joffre Lakes parking lot.
Cayoosh Creek.
Duffey Lake.
Setton Lake, just west of Lillooet.
I've stopped at this spot perhaps four or five times over the last ten years, and I have never seen this lake calm. Powerful winds funnel down between the mountains, raising whitecaps and making boats tied to the dock buck like broncos mad at being tethered.
Heading south on highway 12.
North of Lytton.
