Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Marshal]

Originally Posted by franktko

I've lived 3 months in Squamish in the early 80s doing volunteer work and I spent so many hours staring at Mt. Garibaldi that it must be mesured in days and weeks... What an awesome mountain, looks like the mighty Everest. This is my guess at the peaks:

Yes, I think you have it right, except Crown, which I think is the one just to the upper right of your circle. There is nothing taller than Crown in that position. Grouse might also be a bit further to the east.

Wedge, like Garibaldi, is what gets me regarding the weird distance and scale showing up in this photo. Wedge is the first big peak north of Blackcomb Mtn. So that's getting to be twice the distance as is Garibaldi. Crazy shot.

franktko: great image of Garibaldi. Of the three highest points shown in that photo, the rounded hump on the left (North) is the summit, the rocky point past the snowfield in the middle is virtually the same (I might have these two reversed), and the dramatic diamond is actually quite a bit shorter. Standing on the summit, you look down the ridge at the diamond, and it doesn't even stand out much). Perspectives - mountains never photograph accurately - in climber's guides, and when on the mountain, it is quite difficult to assess slopes and distances. If you can't read your map well enough, its easy to be trapped in the false summit trick: you see a big peak (like the diamond in the photo) and consider it to be the goal, then you climb it and find that the true summit is still much higher/further. This can happen over and over again, and really eats into moral.

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[mcminsen]

Vancouver, Jan.9 '17, my pic

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOKwSUwjNtz/?taken-by=bernard_lavoie

[J.OT13]

Molson Centre area, such a dramatic change from when I was there just 4 years ago.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Molson Centre area, such a dramatic change from when I was there just 4 years ago.

Including the fact that Molson Centre became Bell Centre ;-)

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Including the fact that Molson Centre became Bell Centre ;-)

Oh, it was still called Bell Centre when I went, just never got used to calling it by its new name

[FFX-ME]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Oh, it was still called Bell Centre when I went, just never got used to calling it by its new name

I loved seeing Sens games at the Palladium when I was in town.

[PhilippeMtl]

(my pic)

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Molson Centre area, such a dramatic change from when I was there just 4 years ago.

Bell or Molson, I think a lot of people are saying it's about time!

[Metro-One]

The funny thing about this thread (which I love) is that you can often guess which city is being discussed / which skyline has been posted simply by looking at the name of the last commentator.

PS, not saying this is a negative thing, just sometimes a funny quirk to think about. I am guilty of this as well

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPJYp2zA5LG/?tagged=montreal

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by FFX-ME

I loved seeing Sens games at the Palladium when I was in town.

Not Palladium; Corel Centre.

And to stay on topic before I get slapped on the wrist for getting off-track, rare angle of Ottawa skyline:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/saw_that/16226806040

[Wrecked'em]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Not Palladium; Corel Centre.

And to stay on topic before I get slapped on the wrist for getting off-track, rare angle of Ottawa skyline:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/saw_that/16226806040

How every construction project in Ottawa is finished ...

[J.OT13]

Makes for a clean and uniform skyline!

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by Wrecked'em

How every construction project in Ottawa is finished ...

This is not uncommon in historic capital cities, see Washington, D.C.

[koops65]

And Paris too...

[905er]

I don't mind it actually. Utilitarian perhaps, but with the density in Ottawa it seems to work.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by csbvan

This is not uncommon in historic capital cities, see Washington, D.C.

Washington (or European cities) generally stop at a low enough level to be a solid mid-rise. Ottawa is just tall enough that you start looking up, and then realised you wasted the neck muscles.

[caltrane74]

Isn't Ottawa getting a few 200 meter towers?

I wouldn't be too worried about a flat skyline.