The first photograph can go either way with b&w and then in color... I think the 2nd photograph looks better in b&w than in color. But that's just my personal opinion! I love b&w photography but I haven't to master it. I think film produces better b&w than digital. I guess it can be mastered in digital after awhile... I only ever had good luck and b&w with medium format 120 film camera's that happen to be low-fidelity aesthetic toy plastic cameras like Holga... Lomography.
All your photos are fabulous and look good in both variations. :)
Also I'd love to be able to go to the mountain peaks in Alberta and especially more into BC. I've only ever been to Ontario and I lived there almost 6 years... Ontario is big tho! I regret moving back to Florida as I liked it a lot better than the southern US... I liked Toronto for a larger city and then I liked going north to Muskoka to escape it all. :P