Rockie Mountain High

After leaving Lac Le Jeune this morning we headed into snow. Just a few flurries, but snow!

Through the Cascade Mountains we traveled, stopping Dutch Lake for lunch. This whole region is closed off for the winter months, but is just springing to life now. Dutch Lake was idyllic. Just a few lodges, the cafe and the lake. There's a little paddle steamer that you can take a 30 minute ride on.

Our next mountain range were the Rockies. Snow was falling up at a level from where we were and the outside temperature was falling at a great rate. Down to 2 at one stage.

Mount Robson National Park was our afternoon break stop. No Mt Robson in sight, but still nice to have a break. The cloud was all a bit too low for seeing the top of this majestic mountain.

The next part of our journey, onto Jasper, gave us more iced-over lakes and rivers, PLUS, bears, moose, deer and an owl.

Tonight we have wandered Jasper - a rail town with a population of around 4500 - and not much else. I seem to recall that John Denver once mentioned it in a song, so maybe my expectations were higher.

Walking back from town there are deer walking around the streets, pruning the hedges.

We're told to expect at least 25cm of snow overnight and maybe road closures!