Looking for some photogenic streams

[Flames0910]

Just make sure not to cross them...I'm pretty sure photogenicity won't save you in said test.


edit: lol. photogenicity.

[habernac]

[alltherage]

Am I the only one who clicked this thread thinking the OP might be looking for sperm donors?

[Cowperson]

The below is on the Sheep River, west of Turner Valley. I think this waterfall is almost directly across the road from the entrance to the Blue Rock campground. Unfortunately for you, this is on the opposite bank, which means you have to park at the Indian Oils parking lot, hike down to a metal bridge and then walk about 40 minutes along that side of the river then listen for the Falls, avoiding the first roaring of rapids because that's a red herring and when you do get to the right, unmarked place, bushwack your way down a bit of a cliff . . . . .

Good luck finding it!!!



Same place below, different year, but with action . . . .


Cowperson

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by alltherage

Am I the only one who clicked this thread thinking the OP might be looking for sperm donors?

Sorry to get your hopes up.

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

The below is on the Sheep River, west of Turner Valley. I think this waterfall is almost directly across the road from the entrance to the Blue Rock campground. Unfortunately for you, this is on the opposite bank, which means you have to park at the Indian Oils parking lot, hike down to a metal bridge and then walk about 40 minutes along that side of the river then listen for the Falls, avoiding the first roaring of rapids because that's a red herring and when you do get to the right, unmarked place, bushwack your way down a bit of a cliff . . . . .

Good luck finding it!!!



Same place below, different year, but with action . . . .


Cowperson

That looks like it's worth effort. When you say a bit of a cliff, how much is a bit and is this a shear cliff?

One last question, is it safe to assume that I'll be walking upstream?

Thanks for the tips about the rapids, I would have totally thought that was it and probably would have cursed you, your family and your ancestors all the way back to the truck.

This might have to turn into a two day adventure.

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by moncton golden flames

troll falls - kananaskis

a series of falls, first one is about 30-40' in height, then next ones are smaller but are awesome too. great couple hour return hike. a local might help you get to the higher falls, which can be a little hard to find for some people.

Based on the name, I wasn't sure if you where just trying to get me to hike a few hours so I googled it. Those are pretty sweet looking falls.

[Madman]

What about Lundbreck Falls? (not really a "stream", but still nice none the less)

You could add it to the tour if you are heading out to the Longview area.

[Cscutch]

Karst Spring - Very Easy Hike and lots of photo ops with different levels of water.

http://hikealberta.com/hike/karst-spring-hiking-trail

Chris

[Rathji]

Waterton is a bit out of your driving distance + about an hour walk, but Blackiston Falls is amazing.

http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=...w=1440&bih=785

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

That looks like it's worth effort. When you say a bit of a cliff, how much is a bit and is this a shear cliff?

One last question, is it safe to assume that I'll be walking upstream?

Thanks for the tips about the rapids, I would have totally thought that was it and probably would have cursed you, your family and your ancestors all the way back to the truck.

This might have to turn into a two day adventure.

You'll be walking upstream . . . . . about 40 minutes. You'll hear some rapids at about 30 minutes. Roughly.

Eventually, you'll have to simply head off into the bush towards the river and go looking. There are some indications of a meandering path, probably wildlife but I've been there many times and still have to guess a bit each time.

It can be hard to find. If you come to a place where the path is beside the river, you've probably walked about 10 minutes too far.

Not a sheer cliff, just something you'll have to scramble down and not too far. You just might skin your butt.

And, of course, you want to be there at the right time of day for the best light. The picture above is in mid summer.

And there are several vistas of the Sheep on the way to the parking lot and then walking along there.

Adding a dog . . . .



Below, another almost impossible to describe place for you to find . . . . and you don't want to look down from a cliff (this one a genuine one) and see your Golden swimming for it's life (both were fine in the end) on a hot day.



The above is the Highwood River, west of Longview. Parking at a fisherman access about (guessing) 14 km west of Longview. Walk about a kilometre across a field (make sure there are no bulls out there!! Seriously.), through some trees and then more field before eventually finding your way to the cliffside. Walk back towards Longview for a ways and you'll probably see some rope anchored to the cliff, left by a few fisherman types who must use it once in a while. If you're a dog with four-paw drive, you can get down pretty fast, much faster than the human, which is why you have the scene above. Fortunately, they weren't swept away. But then the human pretty much has to push the dogs by the ass to get them up and out of there. Scenic place.

The other one swam back through the canyon, against the current. Strong kid. Nice place though but a lot of work to get down and out.




Lots of fisherman access places west of Longview, ending up in canyons like this.

And lots of other places probably too.

Cowperson