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A few photos from our Sunday trip up Miller Creek to a cave in the terminus of the Canwell Glacier and some phenomenal ice crystals.

I've got a post up now with a lot more photos from the trip here: lwpetersen.com/photo-blog/blue…

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Footprints lead across a gently sloping floor of compacted snow inside a glacier cave. The cave ceiling arches overhead, textured with rounded, layered ice formations. Daylight enters from a low opening in the distance, illuminating pale blue ice and packed snow near the entrance.
Two people travel across a wide, snow-covered creek valley on skis, following a narrow, packed track. Snowy spruce trees line the valley, and rugged, snow-covered mountains rise in the background under a clear blue sky.
A close-up view of dendritic ice spikes growing downward from the cave ceiling. The crystals are long, branching, and translucent, with sharp edges that catch the light against darker ice in the background.
A wide view up the Canwell Glacier valley during blue hour. Snow-covered glacier ice and wind-sculpted snow fill the foreground, while steep, jagged mountains rise in the distance. The entire scene is cast in deep blue twilight, with no direct sunlight remaining on the peaks.

Blue Sky, Glacier Caves, and Ice Crystals - Lee Petersen

Snowshoeing and skiing up Miller Creek to the Canwell Glacier ice caves, with winter light, ice crystals, and a quiet return under blue hour and moonrise.
Lee Petersen
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