As promised, here are a few photos of our recent hikes (August 13th and 16th) to Sparrowhawk Tarns in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park.
[I've posted a lot of photos from this area previously (http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=746.0, http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=416.0 , http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=348.0, http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=384.0 ) so I'll be briefer than usual!]
Whereas spring and summer came extremely late to this area in the last couple of years, this year, things seem to have returned to more normal timing, despite record snowfalls.
After a pleasant forest walk and an ascending hike through a bouldery rockfall, the treeline of larches and subalpine fir is in sight:
Saxifraga bronchialis is still in bloom in the boulder field, with Aquilegia flavescens:
Abundant Parnassia fimbriata in pristine condition in the little side meadows: 
