The Canadian Rockies

Leaving our quick two days at Glacier, we drove through the smoke around the Seely Lake, Montana wildfire, and arrived at Lake Louise.  There we met up with our NJ family, Becky, Derek, Shane & Anna.  While they stayed nearby, we camped at both Lake Louise and Jasper.

First stop was Emerald Lake, where Ruthie fulfilled her dream of canoeing on the lake.  This followed a walk around the entire lake with our NJ family.  We finished our nice day by having dinner at the Emerald Lake Lodge.

On our drive up the Icefield Parkway, we stopped for a great hike.  The Parker Ridge trail, led us up a climb of  750 feet, where we had a fabulous view of the Saskatchewan glacier; along with a small lake and even an iceberg! Finally a stop at Athabasca Falls before pulling into Whistler campground in Jasper.

In Jasper, we headed to Maligne Canyon, where we walked the many falls, and then making a wrong turn, we ended up with over six miles, and a climb...........but all beautiful.  Unfortunately, the smoke from nearby wildfires caused our next stop at picturesque Maligne Lake, to not be very picturesque.

Even with the smoke, our hike to Mt. Edith Cavell, was magnificent with Angel Glacier.

Then back to Lake Louise for a few days to finish up our time in the Canadian Rockies.  We took the hike, "Plain of six glaciers", to the Agnes Tea house.  After a 3.5 mile hike and 1200 feet of elevation climbing, we enjoyed a lunch with Becky, Derek, Shane, & Anna.  Then back down the trail to the Fairmont Hotel.  Then a beautiful afternoon to enjoy some wine and appetizers sitting on the veranda.