Into the Great Wide Open

photo & words :: Mitchell Leong athlete :: Michael Enright location :: Columbia Icefield, AB

Michael Enright descends into a newly formed crevasse in the Columbia Icefield. The icefield is the largest in the Canadian Rockies, sitting atop the Continental Divide along the British Columbia and Alberta border. Its rapid retreat during a summer heat wave created this crevasse, revealing soaring cathedrals of ice.

Childhood friends Enright and photographer Mitchell Leong recently reconnected through a shared passion for the mountains. As a naturalist and biologist, Leong took up photography to capture evolving landscapes and the profound impact these spaces have on his own growth and healing.

“There’s something special about us humans, we are all going to the same places but seeing them differently,” says Leong. “I want to show the positive interactions we as humans have with the ever-changing environment.”