Monday, January 27, 2014

Grouse Mountain - North Vancouver, BC (Part 1)

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Vancouver photos from this trip, use this link. To view all of my day 9 photos, use this link.

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Today I will start my photos from Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Grouse Mountain is a ski resort in North Vancouver, that is also open as a tourist attraction when there is no snow. When there is now snow, they have several shows, a wildlife conservation habitat, and a wind energy display called "Eye of the Wind" for tourists to observe.

Photo of Grouse Mountain from the bottom of the mountain. First up is my gondola ride up. Would hike up, but we had limited time there. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 20 N 123 05 57 W 

Waiting for the gondola. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 21 N 123 05 56 W 

Gondola ride up. View of Grouse Mountain. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 27 N 123 05 44 W 


Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 35 N 123 05 26 W 

Another photo from the gondola ride up. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 42 N 123 05 11 W 

Now at the top, here is a photo of the gondola we were riding. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 46 N 123 05 00 W 

The main area of Grouse mountain. There is a guy in a lumberjack costume taking photos with visitors on the bottom right. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 47 N 123 05 00 W 


Another few photos of the gondola that I rode up the mountain in. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 45 N 123 05 01 W 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 45 N 123 05 02 W 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 45 N 123 05 03 W 


Wooden statues carved using chainsaws. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 47 N 123 04 55 W 

Photo of the zipline adventures at Grouse Mountain. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 49 N 123 04 54 W 


Photo of the Lumberjack Show. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 52 N 123 04 47 W 

Kids taking a field trip there. There is the guy in the lumberjack costume taking photos with the tourists. Photo shot at the same location as above. 

Photo of grouse mountain. The lumberjack show was still going on. Location same as above. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue my photos from Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. I have photos from the Grizzly Refuge and Birds in Motion show for next time. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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