Bow Summit Alberta

... Icefields. What a drive! We spent the entire day ohmigodding at the scenery. My jaw hurt from gaping by the end. At Bow Summit Chris went for a little hike and snowboarded some of the backcountry there. (When you see the pictures look for The ...

... all superlatives to shame. I've seen a lot of great things so far on my trip but this is the show-stopper. I stopped at Bow Summit and Crowfoot Glacier to take some pictures. The previous evening this part of the park got a couple inches of snow to ...

... suspension bridges and up into forest with more stunning mountain views! The favourite destination for us both so far is Peyto Lake and Bow Summit - we walked through the Snow Forest (snow here for 9 months of the year due to its high altitude) to ...

... ; After lunch we continued south.  A couple of big horn sheep were on the road slowing traffic.  We stopped at the Bow Summit for a rainy walk to a viewpoint to see the Peyto Lake with its turquoise waters.  The lake was beautiful despite ...

... ; Since then the glacier has melted back and the lower toe has been lost.  These days the middle toe is disappearing too. Bow Summit is the highest point on the road where we stopped and after a short uphill walk from the parking area Peyto Lake ...

... nbsp; Peyto is a glacier fed lake and is a beautiful dark turquoise blue.  We then we farther up the trail to Bow Summit, the highest point you can reach on the Icefields Parkway at 7000 feet.  Unfortunately we were not dressed for ...

... very nice. Left Lake Louise about 8.00am and travelled along the Icefields Parkway Road towards Jasper where we stay tonight. We stopped at Bow Summit, had a walk across the snow to try and see Lake Peyto, Didn't quite make it as we could see some sort ...

... mijn 10mm lens het er in te krijgen. Buiten het gebruikelijke uitzichtspunt, kijk ik toch nog een beetje rond (de wandeling tot op Bow Summit zie ik nu niet zitten, zal voor op de terugweg zijn).  Een beetje verder is een klein paadje dat uitgeeft ...

... we looked through the window right at a glacier.  I took a picture framing it with the window.  Our next stop was Bow Summit and Peyto Lake, about one and one-half hours into the ride.  That is where two river systems are divided, one ...

... stop: Peyto Lake, de vorige keer dat ik hier was, was ik niet content van de foto die dat had opgeleverd. Ik wist van de Bow Summit wandeling af, die in feite ook start daar aan de parking. Er staat niets van aangegeven, ik heb het met de gids van ...