Disclaimer: I am finally posting about our trip to Canada. Many of these photos were shared on Instagram & Facebook, so they may look familiar to you. Sorry for any confusion!
Canada Road Trip (Summer 2023)
June 18-22, 2023
Lake Louise to Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Daily Mileage: 383!
Site: 59A & 59C
Duration: 4 nights
Cost: $40.75/night
Weather: Sun, rain, and snow
Cell Coverage: 1-2 bars Verizon & TMobile (4 bars with WiBoost)
Day Five
A beautiful day! While Rod worked on his manuscript, I joined Lou & Shannon for a drive down the Icefields Parkway. We spotted one bighorn sheep, two mountain goats, a gorgeous waterfall, and walked out toward the Athabasca Glacier. If we ever go back, I'd love to take one of the snow coaches out onto the glacier.
From Wikipedia:
The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about 5 metres (16 feet) per year and has receded more than 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and lost over half of its volume in the past 125 years.
The glacier is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) long, covers an area of 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi), and is measured to be between 90-300 metres (300-980 ft) thick.
Athabasca River
Stutfield Glacier
Tangle Creek Falls
Athabasca Glacier & Sunwapta Lake
Those are people down there to the left of the crevasse
Back at our campsite...
This looks like a trip I would love, thanks for sharing these beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteVicki, it was such a great trip! We hope to go back someday soon. Glad you enjoyed the photos.
DeleteYou got some lovely shots!!! I love that Athabasca River pic!! The water color is glorious.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tina. It's a gorgeous area! We love Canada!
DeleteThey have snow coaches that go onto the glacier? That sounds like a super cool thing to do!
ReplyDeleteHelen, I think it'd be a lot of fun to go out on a glacier!
DeleteLots to see. We went on the coach to the glacier at the Columbia Icefields then you get out and walk on the glacier ... very Interesting. Love your pics of it. Definite climate change. One of the earlier pics looks like Mount Rundle. All look stunning.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan. It was a fun day! Not sure if we'll ever get back there, but I would love to before the glacier disappears completely. Also, would love to be able to double-click on any of my photos and find out which mountains I'm looking at. Wouldn't that be cool?!
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