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A Canadian Pacific Train travels through Morants Curve in Banff National Park on a sunny day in September 2017

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ChaserCon Canada 2017

by Ben Holcomb on September 28, 2017 Comments are Disabled

A trip to Calgary to speak at ChaserCon Canada 2017 and of course a couple extra days for heading up into the mountains!

A Grizzly Bear along highway 40 in Peter Lougheed Provincal Park

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Alberta Canada Trip July 2017

by Ben Holcomb on July 1, 2017 Comments are Disabled

Trip in July 2017 with Bart to visit Banff National Park, Calgary and the surrounding area

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Glacier National Park

by Ben Holcomb on September 25, 2016 Comments are Disabled

Late season weekend visit to Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes Naitonal Park. Both parks are incredible and I need to spend more time at both.

Vermilion Lakes area near the city of Banff in Banff National Park. Mount Rundle is in the background

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Banff and Yoho National Parks in Canada

by Ben Holcomb on September 17, 2016 Comments are Disabled

A short weekend trip to Calgary to visit some of my favorite national parks – Banff and Yoho. Spent Saturday with Beth Allan (thanks Beth!) visiting different sites throughout Banff. Saturday night I experienced Beakerhead’s Beakernight in Calgary. Sunday and Monday were spent exploring the parks before catching a redeye […]

A lone girl sits on a pile of rocks overlooking Moraine Lake in Banff National Park

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Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks

by Ben Holcomb on July 2, 2016 Comments are Disabled

I headed to Calgary after a week in San Francisco for the Red Hat Summit for work. On the agenda was multiple days visiting Banff National Park and Jasper National Park in Alberta and Yoho National Park in British Columbia. Westjet had a direct flight from SFO which was quite […]

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Alberta, Canada Supercell Timelapse

by Ben Holcomb on July 1, 2016 Comments are Disabled

Timelapse of a Canadian Supercell near the town of Didsbury, AB. I landed in the early evening from San Francisco, had a Canada Day poutine dinner and then off to see this beautiful storm!

Beautifully structured supercell in Alberta Canada

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Surprise chase in Alberta, Canada

by Ben Holcomb on July 1, 2016 Comments are Disabled

Photogenic supercell north of Calgary

Waterfowl Lakes in Banff National Park of Canada

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Jasper and Banff National Parks

by Ben Holcomb on September 17, 2015 Comments are Disabled

A weekend trip to Calgary, Canada to visit Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. This was my first trip to Alberta, and it did not disappoint. Since it was the middle of September, the weather was a bit chilly, but overall very pleasant. This was a whirlwind […]