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Banff Gondola-They pack em in!

I wanted to see what Banff looked from the air...well, sort of. For a small price of $26 I took an 8 minute ride from 5,194 feet to 7,486 feet. There are 40 gondolas. At the top of Sulphur Mountain is a weather station. Norm Sanson climbed this mountain every week for 30 years to record weather data!


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Blog: Day 3 (June 30, 2008) In the Canadian Rockies
Date: July 2nd 2008

Day 3 (June 30, 2008): Made it to Lake Louise I broke camp this morning at 0530. Not because I needed to be up at that hour but because I was slept out…lots of fresh air causes a person to sleep very good and I have been sleeping extremely well. The routine is getting down but I always want to expect the unexpected. Like tonight I am at the Lake Louise National Park and started to set up ... read more


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