Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

he majority of the park is located on the north bank of the Bow River within Rocky View County, (all photos taken on Saturday, October 8, 2011)

Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, located in the Bow River valley between Cochrane and Calgary, (aal photos taken on Saturday, October 8, 2011)

Tiger Lily Loop Trail , Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Tiger Lily Loop Trail , Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Tiger Lily Loop Trail , Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Tiger Lily Loop Trail , Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View from Badger Bowl Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View of Foothills, Bow River Valley and Rockies from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View of Town of Cochrane, Foothills, Bow River Valley and Rockies from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View of Foothills, Bow River Valley and Rockies from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View of Town of Cochrane, Foothills, Bow River Valley and Rockies from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View Bow River Valley and CPR from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View Bow River Valley from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Bowbend Trail (bicycle path)  from Bowl Link Trail,  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Disturbed areas by soil erosion (water and wind), minimal vegation almost Badland scenery seen from Bowbend Trail, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Disturbed areas by soil erosion (water and wind), minimal vegation almost Badland scenery seen from Bowbend Trail, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

CPR and Bow River seen from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park   (all photos taken on Saturday, October 8, 2011)

Badlands of Glenbow Park have been created by glacial erosion after the last ice age. View  from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Grass roots hold and bind the soil together preventing soil erosion seen  from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Disturbed areas from the effects of wind and water  lessen soil erosion viewed  from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

View of Bow River and valley from  from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Large terrain with clay-rich soil that has been extensively eroded by wind and water viewed from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Badlands of Glenbow Park have been created by glacial erosion after the last ice age. View  from Bowbend Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Bow River  and valley seen from  Glenbow Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Glenbow Trail (bicycle path), Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park    (all photos taken on Saturday, October 8, 2011)

Bow River  and valley seen from  Glenbow Trail (bicycle path),  Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park   (all photos taken on Saturday, October 8, 2011)