Monday, February 3, 2014

Eye of the Wind - Grouse Mountain - North Vancouver, BC (Part 5)

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 show the last of 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. Today I have photos from on top of the Eye of the Wind turbine and my trip back down the mountain.

On the top of the wind turbine now. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 15 N 123 04 27 W 

The scenery from on top of the turbine. 

More photos from on top of the wind turbine. 


More photos from on top of the wind turbine. 


More photos from on top of the wind turbine. 

Photo from the base of the turbine. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 15 N 123 04 27 W 


Heading back down to the main tourist attractions from the Eye of the Wind. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 09 N 123 04 37 W 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 07 N 123 04 39 W 

A photo shot in the direction of Mount Baker (on the US side) from the ski lift ride. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 06 N 123 04 39 W 


A ski track off in the distance. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 23 01 N 123 04 44 W 

The bottom of the ski lift. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 56 N 123 04 49 W 

Gondola ride back to the bottom of the mountain. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 46 N 123 05 02 W 

The bottom of the hill. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 22 31 N 123 05 34 W 

These are all the photos for today and for Grouse Mountain. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from Cleveland Dam. 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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