Blogs from Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 16

Last night took our 'freezing-in-our-tent' experience to new and icy levels. We should have guessed, I expect, by Lake Louise's impressive elevation - 1540 m above sea level. In fact, it claims to be the highest permanent settlement in Canada. So, our night was a long haul of lying awake trying not to transform into frozen carcasses, serenaded by the ever-present tooting of trains (we seem to be closer to the train line than ever at this campground) and the sounds of a raucous school group who decided to be our neighbours after we'd already pitched our tent and it was too late to turn and flee :-). We concluded the best thing for our groggy state was some sight-seeing, so we set off nice and early to see the Lake herself in all her glory. ... read more

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." ---Albert Einstein August 13, 2005, Saturday. Today we planned a hike and hike we did. The trails do not have switchbacks, so one is climbing up, up and up at a straight angle. The teahouse at Lake Louise is one of the most popular hike in the Rockies. After Niagara Falls, this is the most popular tourist attraction in Canada; the trail climbs through the forest to a couple of teal blue subalpine lakes. They are pristine jewels of the Rockies. After a few hours hiking one arrives at the Lake Agnes Teahouse where we sampled the green tea. The teahouse was built in 1925 and has stunning views of the lake ... read more

Although we had originally planned to stay one more night in Jasper, we woke up this morning with itchy feet. We got a refund on our campground fees, and took off down the Columbia Icefields Parkway, which runs between Jasper and Banff. This highway is designed to be a scenic drive, not a transportation corridor. Large commercial vehicles are forbidden, and you must have a park pass to drive on this highway. The scenery all along the way is just one spectacular view after another, and there are abundant stopping places, ranging from pull-outs, through viewpoints, picnic grounds, all the way to the Icefields Centre, across the road from the Athabasca Glacier, about halfway along the route. We took the drive slow and easy, stopping frequently. Although the total distance of this drive is only 230 ... read more

Hey everyone, Here are a few pictures from some of the trips we have been on. Swimming in the lake and the white water rafting ones we need to wait on. Enjoy.... read more

The date is the 18th June and summer has been here for 18 days now. As i mentioned in my previous message there has been pretty much non stop rain, not much of a summer the weather is about as cold as it is back home on the coast so Woz and I are starting to get a little disheartened with the whole place, we are not used to so much rain and being cooped up inside for such long amounts of time. That was until this morning....... i was at work (starting at 5:30am has its advantages) and it was really cold! About 6am it started to snow!!!!!!! Its summer and its snowing! the snow wasn't little stuff that melted as soon as it hit the ground it was big flakes that stayed around. It ... read more