We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

by Patrick Penrose Published Nov 15, 2025

We are Marta Kulesza and Jack Bolshaw, we met in a mountainous region of Ecuador beneath the volcano Cotopaxi. Our love for photographing summits turned into love for each other and soon the cogs in our brains started planning our next adventure together.

So off we went. First to the Amazon jungle, then to the Southern Alps of New Zealand, Tasmania in Australia, the European Alps, the Icelandic Highlands, and then to the Canadian Rockies.

Our leg muscles strengthened as we completed over 1000 km of trails and as the hikes turned our calves to stone, our minds were toughened by the extreme conditions we faced.

We summited mountains during the night to watch the sunrise, stayed up late to watch the sunset and drove close to 4000 km over a long weekend to capture the aurora. We had days that were above 40 degrees Celsius (+100F) and braved temperatures close to -50C (-58F) at night.

There wasn’t much we wouldn’t do. Here are a couple of photos that will probably make you want to see these places for yourself.

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#1 Lady Aurora Dancing In The Northwest Territories

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#2 Indian Ridge In Jasper National Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#3 Sunrise On Ha Ling Peak, Canmore

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#4 Floe Lake In Kootenay National Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#5 Sunburst Lake In Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#6 Berg Lake, Mount Robson Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#7 Tent Ridge In Kananaskis Country

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#8 Mount Sarrail Reflecting In Rawson Lake

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#9 Sarrail Ridge In Kananaskis Country

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#10 Abraham Lake, Western Alberta

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#11 Opabin Plateau In Yoho National Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#12 Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#13 Spirit Island On Maligne Lake In Jasper National Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#14 Hiking Up The East End Of Mount Rundle

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#15 Pocaterra Ridge In Peter Loughead Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#16 Pocaterra Ridge, Peter Loughead Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#17 Jack And Marta In Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

One of the very few photos we took together.

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#18 Mount Smuts, Spray Valley Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#19 Mount Birdwood In Spray Valley Provincial Park

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

#20 Tent Ridge In Kanananskis Country

We’ve Spent Over A Year Hiking Through The Canadian Wilderness And These Are The Photos We’ve Captured (20 Pics)

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