I am writing as if Jasper is in British Columbia, but it is actually in Alberta, just on the border of BC. This morning is the drive on scenic Hwy 93 to Lake Louise. Packed up in the morning and checked out of the hotel.
The main stop I had highlighted is Athabasca Falls, rest of the stops are whenever and wherever. The falls are only about 30 mins from Jasper, so that is the first stop. Parking was already full around 10 am. There was a little easy walk to the falls. Lots of water!! Nice falls, and then we took the walk around a bit. About 30 mins is good to see these falls.
Next stops are just scenic until we get to the glacier. But there were some lovely waterfalls, lakes and glaciers in the middle.
And then we reach the Columbia icefield point. There are tours that go over the glacier walking or vehicles. We did not do that, we did walk up to the glacier. It has receded a lot in the last 100 years as shown in the visitors center. Oh, and we had fries and tea there in the view of the glacier...beautiful.
Then it was on with the driving to Banff. Views are really good!
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| Bow Lake |
Lake Louise was crowded. I did not enjoy it as much because of that. I would like to come sometime when it is peaceful.
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| Lake Louise |
Lake Morraine is a different story. You have to park your car and take the shuttle. But since we did not know when we were reaching, we did not book the shuttle and the last one was gone. It was too expensive to get a private one, so we gave up on it. It's fine. I think we should come back and do Banff some other time. It needs 2 days just like Jasper.
We drove on to our AirBnB in Golden which is about an hour drive. Drive was nice and scenic. The house was lovely and comfortable, 3 bedrooms, great big kitchen, but only one bathroom! Today is over and now its just making dinner and talking or scrolling on the phone :-)
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