BoB_13_2009 Shannon Falls Mid Section Sept 24 2009_DSC8538

BoB_13_2009 Shannon Falls Mid Section Sept 24 2009_DSC8538, originally uploaded by VancouverDoug.

Located an hour's drive north of Vancouver along the Sea to Sky highway is Shannon Falls. The falls have a vertical drop of 335 meters making it the third tallest in BC. Thanks to the construction boom of the 2010 Olympics the parking and visitors area near the falls has recently received an extensive and well deserved make over.

I've visited the falls in all four seasons with my favorite, as a photographer, being summer. During a sunny west coast summer afternoon the sun will track across the falls providing numerous lighting options. During the winter it makes a great stop off on the way to or returning from Brackendale - the wintering grounds of nearly 4,000 American Bald eagles.