While the Okanagan Valley is almost guaranteed to be warm and dry most of the year (which it was this trip too), the weather in the Rockies is not so reliable. After an amazing week shooting landscapes and lakes in the Okanagan, I wast to head to Jasper for a star party atop Whistlers Mountain, to shoot the Milky Way from one of Canada’s best “Dark Zones”, and then scout some unique locations for a future photo workshop there.
However, it seems someone flipped the Winter switch and overnight the weather everywhere east of Kelowna turned cold and wet. The star party was cancelled – too cloudy and snowy. Web cams of the area showed ZERO visibility and driving snow. So I cancelled that Rocky Mountain plan and headed south instead. It was not much better, cold, wet (rain) and with fire bans all over BC and Alberta still in place, there was no good way to stay warm or to dry wet clothes and gear.
I headed home early and made it home for a few nice warm sunny days before the miserable weather finally caught up to me at home.
You might think it was a disaster of a trip, but sometimes bad weather can make good opportunities for mystical images. See my articular about this topic over on DPS.
Here are a few of scenes from when the weather was good!
