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RemydePoer t1_irc24rn wrote

This is what I picture the Dimrill Dale to look like. Mirrormere is just up over that rise.

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AlienSporez t1_irc27ff wrote

It also looks like it could be MiddleEarthPorn.

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bakinpants t1_irce8li wrote

Ah yes Washington with less freedom. Splendid.

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chocolateganache_ t1_ircg7tq wrote

Whereabouts? I’m also in the NWT currently and autumn is gone 🥲 it snowed yesterday…

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juniorista1987 t1_irchi3p wrote

Kind of reminds me of Breath of the wild.

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MayonaiseBaron t1_ircj888 wrote

Eriophorum are such underrated plants. They look like little Truffula Trees! They're wrapping up here in New England too.

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thecheeper t1_ircr0jy wrote

Where in NWT is this?? Im looking at moving up there later next year and am super curious about the area!

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Timothy303 t1_irct8ca wrote

Any idea what climbing area that is?

First thing that came to my mind was Cirque of the Unclimbables, but I don’t think that’s it.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_irctey1 wrote

Didn't Frodo have to go through this to get to Mordor?

Gorgeous and fierce!

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snofocolis t1_irctlx5 wrote

Where about a is this? I’m in Inuvik.

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moderatesoul t1_ircvxwp wrote

Replying to thecheeper (#49,192)

You can't live terribly near to this. It is accessible, but there is not really a town nearby. Fly-in or paddle/hike in. Depending on what you do for work, I imagine you would be living in Yellowknife or Inuvik.

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WholesomeLove280 t1_ircw9wi wrote

I’m looking at a dream!! Those white flowers are the exclamation marks of this scenery. So very beautiful!!

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wiltli t1_ircwmky wrote

Beautiful! What type of wildflowers are those - they are lovely?

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IncaLeafwood t1_ircyr3z wrote

I'm pretty sure the Arkenstone is in there somewhere gif

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esp803 t1_irczsyu wrote

The Cirque, been there many many times.

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TritonTheDark OP t1_ird2drn wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#49,645)

Copypasting from a reply I gave someone else in a different thread about the same trip:

>It takes a couple days. For us it was 2 hour flight from Vancouver to Whitehorse, 6 hour drive to the float plane, 12 minute flight to lodge. Sleep then next day a 1 hour flight to the park and 4-5 hour hike up to the meadows. If money isn't an issue you can helicopter directly to the meadows, but that costs about $12,000 for the entire heli and you have to get a special permit from Parks Canada. Can also get to the trailhead via canoe etc if you have the requisite experience and time.

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TritonTheDark OP t1_ird333l wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#49,694)

Including all flights, driving, permits, lodging, supplies I'd say around $1800 per person. No getting around the fact that it's a very remote park, plus fuel costs have obviously gone through the roof. The crazy part is, as far as Canada's northern national parks go, this is one of the 'cheapest' to visit 😅

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ColinTheMonster t1_ird3c16 wrote

Replying to TritonTheDark (#49,705)

>The crazy part is, as far as Canada's northern national parks go, this is one of the 'cheapest' to visit 😅

BRUH

I'd like to visit every province/territory one day, but I guess I'm going to Yellowknife lol

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muricabrb t1_ird5od6 wrote

Here be dragons and druids.

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MikalCaober t1_ird6ccz wrote

This honestly looks like it could have been in Horizon Zero Dawn

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jonvlyn t1_ird77bn wrote

this pic made me feel nostalgic for a place i never been

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THCInjection t1_ird7f7x wrote

I live in NT and am still amazed at the scenery I see sometimes. I far too often take this places’ beauty for granted.

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BillyBobBanana t1_ird9phe wrote

"I found it strangely beautiful, in a brutal, horribly uncomfortable sort of way"

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CLOSERtoG0D t1_irdam1q wrote

Wow, that's indeed earth pr0n. Amazing!

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abie915 t1_irdbslt wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#49,714)

I finally had a chance to go to Banff this summer to see Reddit lake (I mean Lake Louise lol) in person. It's stunningly beautiful, but the whole experience was ruined as it's an absolute madhouse with hundreds of noisy, selfie taking tourists milling around.

When I'm out hiking I expect to have peace and quiet and hear nothing but the sounds of nature, but unfortunately most popular natural attractions and national parks are more akin to a theme park these days.

Anyway to get to my point, I've decided to intentionally seek out remote and harder to get to places. It's the only way that I can think of to experience true wilderness.

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jomiamke t1_irde966 wrote

Amazing pic. Beautiful

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JeneralFOD t1_irdeqxn wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#49,714)

I've also traveled to the nwt from Vancouver and there are cheaper flights through Alberta and if you have the time doing the drive up can be lovely too 🥰

Chartered flights up there do cost quite a bit though. I found it is helpful to know the locals if possible, for more creative ways to travel to different areas

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pzschrek1 t1_irdfpqk wrote

Simbelmyne. Ever has it grown on the tombs of my forebears.

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covewood t1_irdgz8x wrote

Replying to abie915 (#50,002)

Did you see Moraine Lake? It's hard, as an Albertan we shake our sticks at tourists but then we turn around are are the tourists everywhere else.

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RiggityRiggityRexed t1_irdjpqo wrote

Thought I was still browsing r/painting. Says a lot about the skill there… and the beauty here. Phenomenal. Thanks for sharing!

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GrandGarand t1_irdlgok wrote

Thats it im going to canada this summer

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don_cali t1_irdnd1w wrote

reminds me of that moment in butcher's crossing, when the first snow flake fell...

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zeer88 t1_irdp2k8 wrote

Wow, would love to use this as a wallpaper! Do you happen to have a higher resolution available? Thanks!

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Gone-West t1_irdpn1g wrote

Tundra cotton is so pretty :)

That is some pristine nature right there

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Taurius t1_irdq81k wrote

Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes everywhere. It's freaking Autumn. Mosquito season!

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myownalias t1_irdqsbs wrote

Replying to TritonTheDark (#49,705)

Wood Buffalo is partially in NWT and is paved drive from Yellowknife.

Kluane is a paved drive from Whitehorse.

But yes, it's probably the third cheapest! The others are far more remote.

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ImKindaUgly_ t1_irdre4v wrote

“yeah i know a spot”

the spot:

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[deleted] t1_irdsdlv wrote

Is that the lotus flower tower? Talk about a dream climb!

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Marokiii t1_irdt0kh wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#49,714)

Go to whitehorse. Yellowknife is pretty boring. Also whitehorse has kluane national park which is pretty amazing itself.

I just got back from an alaska, yukon, nwt roadtrip starting from Vancouver. 2 months living out of my tacoma camper, 7 national parks, probably 15+ territorial/state/provincial parks, 2 territorial capitals, 1 state capital, taking the Dempster to the arctic ocean, walked under 3 glaciers, saw the aurora borealis, and it cost me just $9k.

Edit: $9000 Canadian or about $6500USD.

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Marokiii t1_irdt4h1 wrote

Replying to abie915 (#50,002)

Go to moraine lake instead, after about 20 minutes of hiking you leave behind about 90% of the tourists. After about a hour you are left with only a handful of people who like you want to enjoy the peace more than taking pictures.

Sentinel pass is perhaps my favorite hike in all 4 of the rocky mountain national parks.

edit: stanley glacier in kootney NP is also a great hike thats not difficult but has awesome views + waterfalls you can actually get underneath and a glacier you can touch if you go all the way + a bit farther.

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BeerSushiBikes t1_irdudtl wrote

Wow. That's beautiful. It was 90° F in Sacramento today. I can't wait for "Fall".

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[deleted] t1_irdulyv wrote

You found secret entry of gondolin

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BoHackJorseman t1_irdv1as wrote

Respectfully, holy shit.

Source: NW native.

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buffalo_Fart t1_irdy3tk wrote

Replying to Marokiii (#50,541)

I was up there this summer as well. I didn't do as much as you but I really enjoyed the space between Whitehorse up to Destruction Bay. The Skagway and Hanes drives were pretty. The Dempster was intense, took me 9 days to do the whole run and I ran into vehicle trouble the last day, go figure but it got sorted out ($$$). I came in around 5K USD for the 78 days I was up there.

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Marokiii t1_irdynn2 wrote

Replying to buffalo_Fart (#50,720)

i wish i had taken another month off of work, the trip at points felt rushed and i had to skip out on a few things that i now wish i hadnt. i changed 5 peoples flats, so thats what i attribute my good luck of not having a single flat and not a single chip in my windshield the entire time. i bombed up the dempster, 3 days from tombstone up to Tuk and back.

i need to go back for nahanni NP, and i want to kayak out to lake clark and katmai NPs from Homer, AK.

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ColinTheMonster t1_ire2mjm wrote

Replying to Marokiii (#50,541)

Whitehorse does seem cool. For YK I'm considering going to Dawson city though.

I'd love a trip like that, but I figure it would be very difficult to get that time off. How do you have that much time?

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Wineology_ t1_ire9f80 wrote

Girl from the north country vibe.

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[deleted] t1_ire9mia wrote

This is one of my new favorite nature shots🤤

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xaelis t1_ired9eh wrote

Wow... This one is unvbelievable 🤩👏🏼

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junctionist t1_irefvbq wrote

Canada's far north is beautiful yet seldom visited.

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ilosemoneyz t1_irehani wrote

Beautiful, but is it the REAL North? ;)

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co-wurker t1_iretyvs wrote

I'm not usually a fan of this style of composition, but I was wow'd by this shot. It really does feel magical.

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brocahantas t1_irex8yi wrote

Replying to abie915 (#50,002)

I mean you can't expect solitude when visiting one of the most popular and accessible places in the country.

If you can drive right up to it (like Lake Louise), it's going to be busy. That goes for pretty much every national park. Hike a couple miles from the trailheads and you'll lose the tourists.

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Marokiii t1_irexsdr wrote

Replying to ColinTheMonster (#50,838)

im a welder, so theres always work for our trade and right now not enough workers. i gave my boss about 8 months notice for this trip and told him its my bucket list trip and it has to happen now and if they cant approve my time off with that much notice than ill just quit and go anyways.

i now have 6 months until i leave again at the beginning of april for the rest of Canada. 6 month long roadtrip hitting all the remaining provinces doing every national park you can get to by road and every capital city.

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abie915 t1_irf3z2f wrote

Replying to brocahantas (#52,212)

I wasn't expecting solitude at the popular spots, but I was somewhat taken aback by just how many people there were. I mean there was a giant parking lot for tour buses for chrissakes.

You're spot on about hiking a couple of miles to lose the throngs - that's something I've noticed as well. Another way to find quiet spots is to get guidebooks of the area which usually list how busy a particular trail is.

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abie915 t1_irf53p6 wrote

Replying to Marokiii (#50,545)

I was lucky enough to go to Moraine lake. I don't know if you've been there recently, but the parking lot only holds 100 or so cars and fills up at 3 AM or so, and they barricade the road after that. There is a bus that runs from Lake Louise parking lot to Moraine, but they release tickets 48 hours before the trip and those usually sell out pretty quickly. Forget about buying a ticket the day you're there.

In my case, I was lucky enough to get there towards the end of the day. There weren't any bus tickets left, but some cars had left so they let me drive.

Thanks for the tips, will bookmark those for my next trip! In case you're in Jasper, I highly recommend the hike up to the Geraldine lakes, which are gorgeous. The trailhead is at the end of a rutted dirt road and I think I saw maybe four people the entire day I was there.

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abie915 t1_irf5hra wrote

Replying to covewood (#50,194)

Moraine is hard to get to get to, but boy was it gorgeous!

FYI for anyone who wants to go there: the parking lot fills up at 3 AM and the road to the lake is barricaded after that. There is a bus to it from Lake Louise, but tickets are released 48 hours in advance and sell out pretty quick, so plan ahead :)

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buffalo_Fart t1_irfniwj wrote

Replying to Marokiii (#50,743)

Nice. Well there's always next time. It's tricky up there. The distances are vast and 300 miles is just a long afternoon. With another 300 tomorrow. I never made it to Homer unfortunately. I got to mainland Alaska too late and it was forcasted for 10 straight days of rain. I got as far as Hope then turned back. Everything in my van was damp and I didn't want mold. 3 window cracks and a broken radiator fan. So I paid some but out of all the high north drives I've done this was the first time anything happened. If I went back I would spend all of my time between Whitehorse, Haines and Destruction Bay. Stunning scenery, food/gas close enough, and easy camping.

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rookiefreak t1_irfv7qd wrote

omg it’s absolutely beautiful

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Lucinator_ t1_irhixfl wrote

I don’t know if it’s worse or better that I can smell this picture

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