British Columbia, and Canada as a larger whole would have very little to show were it not for the vast, virgin forests blanketing an immense swath of the continent. The depths of the wilderness and vast uninhabited areas of this place are overwhelming, even by Americas standards. The scale is simply unmatched.

As such, British Columbia has many wide belts of ancient high-latitude spruce, coastal cedar and hemlock, montane spruce and fir, and dozens of other forest types that remain untouched by human design. Adventuring to such areas reveals a mosaic of life so tightly interwoven; so densely populated that several generations of life can be seen growing upon each other.

Below is a collection of shots from my time spent in BC’s vast forests, aiming to capture the layers of lush breathing life along the trail.