Last night as we went to bed there was a fire raging that created all this smoke in the valley as we left to go back up to the ice fields.
Over the hill at the ice fields parkway, it cleared up and we saw Athabasca falls and Sumwapta falls.
Then, we took the lift to get some amazing views over Jasper.
We ended the day with restaurant food at Jasper brewing company which was just what the dr ordered. Clay and Jenny left today and we’ll miss them.
Started the day with a hike to Chephren lake. George and i had to run to get back to make our pre scheduled time on the sky walk and a walk on the Athabasca glacier.
Yesterday, Ringo was being tortured by a very pretentious squirrel. This went on far too long until we relieved him of his torment. Afterwards, we headed north on the ice fields parkway to Bow Glacier Falls hike which we rated 5 out of 5 stars. Especially if you get the ice cream sandwich at the cafe at the end of your hike.
We checked out of lake Louise hardside camping and landed in Silverhorn campground. Lawsy, the views from this campground are unbeatable. The hike today was short up to Peyto lake.
Today we biked to the ski area and took the lifts to the top of the ski slope. On the way up 4 different people told us there was a grizzly in the meadow and we assumed it was probably fake, but actually, it was real.
After seeing the bear and the electric fence to bear proof the visitor center we naturally decided to still exit through the gate and go for the hike to the kicking horse look out. (We did talk to three rangers about safety before going). We survived.
After dinner, we tried to sneak into the chateau. George and I got in, but they apparently didn’t want our business. It wasn’t nearly as cool as the banff springs hotel, nor as welcoming.
Another great hike in banff national Park at Lake Louise. We all biked to Lake Louise (Ringo was in the dog pack) and then hiked to Lake Agnes where we got tea from the tea house and took a short rest. Then, we hiked to Little Beehive to have lunch. It was pretty strenuous, but absolutely worth it.
We split up after lunch and George and I hiked to the other tea house in the valley of 6 glaciers.
We walked over 30k steps.
I’ve taken so many pictures the last 2 days. I’ll try to limit myself.
Yesterday we started the day with a short hike to lake Minnewanka
Then, whole gang rode the gondola to the top of sulfer mountain. The trip was short 7-8 minutes but just amazing views from the top. That was our last night in the tunnel mountain trailer court.
Today those of us with e-bikes took the road to moraine lake. The biking was easy and the pay off was outstanding.
Banff is gorgeous. It is the birth place of Canadian national parks because of the hot springs. We totally invited ourselves all through the Banff springs hotel. It’s beautiful inside and out, but we couldn’t manage to get into the spa. We did go to the upper sulfur springs which did ( and maybe still does) feed the Banff springs hotel’s spa. So, I’d like to believe that somehow my body cells made it down into their spa to spite them. Today after work, we went to lunch with Clay, Jenny and Joel. After lunch, Joel joined us on a hike through Johnson canyon. Two waterfalls and a canyon with a boardwalk. Very cool
Well, two beautiful days in a row. Our hike today was to Great glacier (aka the illecillewaet glacier) around Rogers pass in Gnp Canada. Unfortunately, the glacier has receded so that you can’t actually view it from the end of the trail but the panoramic views were amazing. The trail was full of wildflowers and ruins of an old hotel. (You had me at ruins). The hotel (glacier house) was torn down after a double avalanche killed 58 people on the train pass and the train was re-routed through a tunnel.
When you get to the town of Golden, the tourist pamphlet is called Golden Rules and it does! Situated between Glacier NP (Canadian version) and Yoho National Park, it’s got quite a lot going on. The first day was a rain-out so we just did laundry, slept in and had a George Austin walk-about-the-town. (Which means… We found the local brewery).
Whitetooth
Today was beautiful, so we went to Yoho NP where dogs are allowed apparently everywhere. First, we went to Wapta Falls. Then we had leftovers for lunch on the porch of the historic lodge at Emerald Lake. We walked around Emerald Lake and took advice from a fellow trail blazer from Seattle who works for Amazon to walk to Takakkaw falls. Takakkaw Falls is the second highest falls in Canada and only a short distance from where we were. All in all a great day.
We made it further into Canada. We are West of the Rockies currently. We get to Banff on Sunday.
Working at 8 am EDT is harsh here, but you get off early and get to do cool stuff like another dog beach or the natural riverside hot springs ( lussier hot springs). I have Thursday and Friday off this week and I am looking forward to some days off with my bestie. He’s been working hard so Ringo and I can get a full day of work in.
Canadians must be so disappointed when they see the American version of a ‘pit toilet’
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