This is a picture of Lake O'Hara. It is a beautiful lake fed by glaciers in the surrounding mountains just like Lake Louise. But this one is pristine. Only a few busloads of people are allowed to go up to the lake (about 6 miles up a steep dirt road) each day. There is a resort there, where you can stay for the bargain price of $750 per day in a little cabin on the edge of the lake. Or you can haul all you gear in the bus and camp for $30 night. We might be tempted to consider that camping option, except for the grizzlies in the area! We hiked around the entire lake and also hiked partway up a steep, rocky trail that headed to another alpine lake. It was quite a challenge. In fact, if the picture was bigger you could see the field of boulders at the end of the lake that we literally clamored across. Any of you who know Deb can understand why the hike was cut short! The views were great and it was so quiet and peaceful.
After we finished at Lake O'Hara, we headed north back on the Ice Field Parkway toward Jasper. It rained hard most of the way. We had planned to stop at Athabasca glacier and take this Sno Coach ride up onto the glacier itself, but it was so cold and snowy/sleety that we just took a couple pictures and headed back to our warm car! By the time we got to Jasper, the sun was out and it was near 60! This is such a beautiful little town. It has a very unhurried atmosphere. Our lodging is very nice. We got some groceries, had supper and then headed out for a stroll around the city. As you can see in the picture below we saw our first "wild animal" right there on the main street!
Bye bye for now. It's pretty nice up in Canada, heh.
3 comments:
Been following your journey, So glad you had sunshine at the lake. Wish we were there. Enjoy!
So good to hear from you! We wish you were here too. Today was just as awesome as yesterday. Hard to describe the scenery. Can't wait to share our pictures with you. How are you feeling?
Deb
We want to know what makes the water so aqua?
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