I made another trip to the Columbia Icefield today and finally had some decent, although not perfect, weather. This is a 183km drive (one way) from the town of Banff and we always stop at Lake Louise and a few other spots along the way.
As you can see Lake Louise is just starting to melt around the outlet of the lake.
It was a little cloudy at the ice but at least it wasn't a white out blizzard like in the previous picture I posted. Here is a less blizzardy picture of some of the machines that take people out on the glacier.
One of the nicer views at the spot they stop and let you off onto the glacier is Mt. Andromeda and its glacier. It is quite close and is clinging to the mountain at a steep angle so once in a while we actually get to see little pieces break off come crashing down.
On the way home today we saw a little black bear on the side of the road. My first bear sighting of the year. Sorry it's a little small in the picture.
Finally, in case any of you are wondering, this is my (company) van that I drive my customers crazy in.
3 comments:
looks like you've got the perfect job lorin, exploring the outdoors, free gas, probably free food, nice big van, new people, fun places of nature to visit. Looks like lots of fun!
I like your wheels. Thats what Mom and Dad need when we were all growing up. I like the pics and it amazes me what need place there are to visit that we are so close to but we have never been. Time to start descovering Alberta. We you be our guide.
Beautiful shots Lorin.
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