Friday, September 10, 2010

Summer 2010 Pictures of Glacier National Park and Banff and Jasper

Pictures Below are from Ken and Nancy Hendren...thanks for some great pics!





Monday, September 6, 2010

Bicycle Adventures Banff to Jasper Fall Trip

September 4, 2010
Cycling from Banff to Jasper - the last trip of the season...we lucked out with the weather too...just a bit of rain and a few snow flurries up above Lake Louise at the Plain of 6 Glaciers Teahouse.

Highlights:
Day 1 - Banff Cycling - the Mohawks emerge, Lake Minnewanka, Big Horn Sheep, Views of Banff, happy hour outside the Banff Park Inn, Maple Leaf restaurant for Dinner.

Day 2 - Bow Valley Parkway - Johnston Canyon hiking, 2 Grizzlies supposed spotted, White tail deer playing, Morainne Lake Lodge and dinner at the Lodge - yum, climbing up to Morainne Lake.

Day 3 - Hiking to the tea house at the Plain of 6 Glaciers above Lake Louise, Lake Louise views, tea, naps at the Morainne Lake Lodge, dinner at The Post Hotel.

Day 4 - Biking the Icefields parkway in the sunshine, lunch at Peyto Lake, Mistaya Canyon, big party at the river crossings.

Day 5 - Sunshine, climbing up Sunwapta Pass, Athabasca Glacier, 60 amazing cycling miles, Sunwapta Falls Resort, Sunwapta Falls, LCR, appetizers and dinner at Sunwapta.

Day 6 - Cycling in a light drizzle, Athabasca Falls, road to Jasper, Jasper town, getting to Calgary!