Winter means the Icefield Highway is blanketed in snow and ice as early as October, which means smaller crowds and an intense need for mitts. There really isn’t a better way to walk in the fluffy white powder then overlooking Peyto Lake. As you get to the highest point on the highway you veer off onto a small road that leads up to a parking lot, that feels frozen in time. A … [Read more...]
Hiking the Sulphur Mountain at Banff National Park
In the town of Banff, Alberta’s natural beauty queen of a mountain resort, there is a sleek and modern Gondola that carries visitors smoothly up the side of Sulphur Mountain. The gondola ride only takes a few minutes, as the suspended car glides up the side of the steep rocky peak to the summit. Sitting inside the metal and glass bubble, tourists can relax and ascend to the … [Read more...]
Photo Essay: Hiking Crypt Lake Trail, Waterton Lakes National Park
An early morning boat ride across Waterton Lake starts this day hike Then it's about 5 miles or so and up about 2,000 feet of good trail.... to a place which cannot be climbed around, so one goes up a ladder to enter a small tunnel... Where the tunnel exits to a cable assisted section of trail Crypt Lake. The International Boundary is probably … [Read more...]
Roads less travelled by tourists at Lake Louise
Lake Louise is 2.5 hours away by car from Calgary. This hamlet barely has a city centre, yet it is famous for its natural beauty. As an urbanite, I had never expected myself to fall in love with Lake Louise that greets busloads of tourists every weekend. Many visitors simply stick around at the manicured garden outside of the luxurious Fairmont Chateau, which is the signature … [Read more...]
A Spring hike to the Sulphur Skyline Ridge Summit, Jasper
Jasper National Park, one of Canada's largest parks, has many features, which I could spend a lot of time and a lot of words writing about. Instead, I will focus on a small area, tucked in near the East entrance. I have been here before, but as a child. My husband and I recently went for our first time together, to Pocahontas campground near the Miette Hot Springs and were able … [Read more...]