New Year's Eve in Banff and a trip on the Sulphur Mountain gondola to gaze across a never-ending vista of snow-topped peaks.

They stood on a plateau beneath the snow-topped peak.

This is a region where nature takes control - rolling forest-clad hills, snow-topped 6000m peaks, rivers, waterfalls, lakes and glaciers.

All around us was a forest of enormous, snow-topped peaks.

In the distance were snow-topped peaks.

Stand with your back to the sea, and you can look up into the Sierra de Nevada Santa Marta mountains and see the snow-topped peaks.

The wind was strong and easterly, cold from flowing over the snow-topped peaks.

The air was fresh and cold, blowing down from the snow-topped peaks.

To the south, the mountains rose gray above the timberline to snow-topped peaks.

Kebra said nothing for a moment, transferring his gaze to the snow-topped peaks away to the west.