A 2.5 hour hike in Mont St. Hilaire (today)

Good one!  This has the same look as many of the trails in the Smokies.  My kind of place... Mike

The park is large so you don't see the hundreds of hikers (families, with babies, children), joggers, runners, etc. I consider myself a hiker and I am just returning from a summit called Dieppe. 

Looks like Norway, but here the leaves are yellow now.

Tony,

  Beautiful scene, looks like a steep climb.  Take care, Patsy

Looks to be tough going and quite steep!  But in such beautiful surroundings!  I like the way the tree canopy filters in the light.

Very well done!

Alf

Thanks. Some color changes at 1000 foot elevation was evident but the majority here is still green. Oslo Norway is at latitude 59 while Montreal is at 45 which means that you are much further north and, in theory, your colors should be changing sooner.  All the very best,

You are very kind. Thanks.

Thanks. This part was a little steeper than most of the other places but it was not too bad.  For what it is worth, a couple of joggers blew by us as if it was level.  

Thanks. The shades of green and the almost diagonal placement of trees caught my eye but I had to act quickly to get the pedestrians on the left side.  All the very best,

At the summit there was a small area of color change

Dear Tony, the composition of this image is very appealing. The steep slope to the left invite us to follow the path that is lost in the background, and so follow these hikers. Green color wins all the place, very beautiful and the best when we visite these forests or mountains.

For me, I appreciate a turn in the road ... at right, it looks like it came to the viewer and going away now at the left, as if there were an opposition and a turn in the direction of travel. That creates tension and expectation.

I do not know if I want to see that change because I think of my ramps to get to the top where I usually take photos, it's something different, first, it is always empty, no one, except at the distance, at the top, as if an eagle's nest was: the gatehouse of the forestry agent, which monitors torrid summers in all his kingdom to go well.

I have to turn horseshoe-shaped curves and one can easily get a little dizzy, one after another, but ... they must have a lot of magic for those who stop to photograph them, have something special for sure, because sometimes they seem they were a maze of walls excavated in the rock.

People in your image are the point that gives the genius to the photo, without them ... it changes much.

You knew very well how to catch the moment, so congrats! :)

http://www.lauramarco.es/pn/curvas.jpg

My horseshoe-shaped curves, seen from above! (Google Earth)

I have always had an issue with these hiking excursions. It was hard for me to keep up because i had to make just an other stop for this unique photo i just saw. I hope you didn't have any stupid problem like this Tony.

Great, great image by the way.

very good shot

Laura, Michail amd Mehmet, Many thanks, I will respond in more detail in a couple of days.