Up the mountain we go!

It was another great day today. After having a delicious breakfast at the Kananaskis Delta Lodge, we visited the Travel Alberta tourism office, Canmore and then visited the Banff area including Bow Falls and Bow River.

At Banff we rode a gondola to the summit of Sulphur Mountain at the elevation of 7,486 ft.

The view of the mountains from Summit mountain was great and I felt so proud to be Canadian.

We then visited, one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, Lake Louise, and the infamous Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel.

We also toured Yoho National Park where we saw Emerald Lake. I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of this lake. I had never heard of it before but will always remember the pristine environment. We also visited Natural Bridge which was formed by the running Kicking Horse River.

Have you ever had a chill in the summer?

Today was a great day. We started the day by visiting Banff National Park.

Then visited the Columbia Icefields.

According to Parks Canada :

The Columbia Icefield is a surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains. Lying on a wide, elevated plateau, it is the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies. Nearly three-quarters of the park's highest peaks are located close to the icefield; ideally placed to catch much of the moisture that Pacific winds carry across the British Columbia interior. Most of this precipitation falls as snow; up to 7 metres a year!

The Athabasca is the most-visited glacier on the North American continent. Situated across from the Icefield Centre, its ice is in continuous motion, creeping forward at the rate of several centimeters per day. Spilling from the Columbia Icefield over three giant bedrock steps, the glacier flows down the valley like a frozen, slow-moving river. Because of a warming climate, the Athabasca Glacier has been receding or melting for the last 125 years. Losing half its volume and retreating more than 1.5 kms, the shrinking glacier has left a moonscape of rocky moraines in its wake.

Drinking cold water from the glacier was amazing and having a mini snow fight in the summer was priceless. We spent the night at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, site of Year 2002 G8 Summit.