Snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snow-time in the Rockies

Okay, so I bragged about a tiny amount of snow when we were leaving Lac le Jeune, well today the weather really showed us what snow was.

We woke to light flurries this morning and it has just kept on falling ever since. On roads built to withstand just about anything, we headed through the Canadian Rockies. The snowfall was so heavy ‘up top’ that there was no ‘up top’! Our views were somewhat restricted, but not one complaint. Every kilometer the views just got better.

First stop, Athabasca Falls. Wow! Click, click went the cameras. These falls are spectacular, not because of the volume or height, but their beauty. The water crashes down two levels and then into a pool that must be incredibly deep, because from there it just flows along. The narrow pass is only 20 – 30mt wide. Just fab. It helped too, that the fir trees were just dripping with fresh snow. Time to build a snowman, too.

Our next stop was made at Columbia Icefield. Unfortunately with visibility so low there was little point riding the Ice Explorer up onto the field. Still, an interesting stop and I was lucky enough to purchase a Mosquito Trap. I’m very pleased with my purchase. The setting instruction sheet tells me that if I catch enough I can make a fur coat from them. Super!

Then it was onto Lake Louise – still iced up and likely to stay that way for at least another month. More mountains, rocks, fir trees and snow, but again the peace and tranquility just great.

Of course the Fairmont Hotel at Lake Louise is a wonderful backdrop for photos too. At $400 Canadian per night for a Single room, we all decided to move on.

So here we are in Banff. In fact, we’re here for two nights, so a chance to do some washing and relax a little. The whole village is blanketed in snow and it all looks very ‘postcard’. It’s one of the few times that I’ve seen a hotel post card actually look like the hotel. The snow is still falling, so let’s hope we can still partake in the planned activities tomorrow.

Tomorrow we’ll be exploring the area and heading for a little surprise in the afternoon.