Peyto Lake

Sept 21 - 3:00pm
Along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Canada.

Stopped by Columbia Icefields on way back

Sept 21 - 12:30
Cold and snowing.

Leader of the Pack

Sept 20 - 8:00pm
He spent the whole night making sure his harem was OK. And, he bellowed to let other males know to stay away.

Room with a view!

Sept 20
The playground right off our deck became home to a herd of Elk for the night. 28 total bedded down!

Young Elk at our hotel/cabin

Sept 20 - 6:00pm
Juvenile Elk at Becker's Chalets just south of Jasper, Alberta

Bull Elk between Jasper and our hotel

Sept 20 - 5:50pm

Bighorn Sheep

Sept 20 - 3:00pm
Just outside Jasper about 15 total but spread out on the rocks.

Bull Elk at Jasper Park Lodge

Sept 20 - 2:30 pm
Right on side of road at entrance.

Current Glacier Explorer

Notice the snow

Conchita on Athabasca Glacier

Sept 19 - 10:00am

Huge gaping hole

Watermill where water flows to bottom. If you were to fall in, you would die due to hypothermia.

The ride to the glacier

After shuttling to the glacier by bus, then you transfer to the Explorer. It then takes you down steep grade to pool where it's tires are cleaned, the up onto glacier. Out to the middle.

60s Explorer

Old Explorer with snow

This is what they went out on the glacier in the 50s.

Athabasca Glacier

Viewed from our room at the Icefield Chalets.

Icefield Center

With Suttfield Glacier behind. It was dusk and snowing!

Icefield Center

At Columbia Icefield. It has an interpretive center, restaurants, hotel, and glacier tours.

Saskatchewan Glacier

One of the 6 glaciers that start at the Columbia IceField.

Icefield Parkway

Crowfoot Glacier

Along the Icefield Parkway

Information you can use

Banff Springs Hotel

View from Surprise Corner

View from our room

Elk in Banff Townsite

Banff Springs Hotel

Deer at Vermillion Lakes

Wildlife Overpass

Between Banff and Lake Louise

Castle Cliffs

Bow River Valley

Lake Louise

Blue Water

The photo doesn't capture how blue the water was.

Lake Morraine

View from our table

Our table at Lake Morraine Lodge. We had Duck sausage, pate, and salmon al fresco.

Lake Louise and Chateau

Under Victoria glacier

Ski Lake Louise

View from chairlift

View from our room

Buffalo Mountain Lodge in Banff

Chateau and Lake Louise

Under the glacier.

Lake louise

Heading to Banff