Lake Louise Banff National Park

Et maintenant, voici quelques photos du Lac Louise et du Lac Moraine. Je le souligne même si c'est évident, mais c'est un des plus beaux endroits qu'on a vue, si ce n'est pas le plus beau …

27 October 2000
The sunrise is only at 9 in the morning, also the time we have to get the car at the station. Since the car was not ready we enjoyed a complementary breakfast, used the internet and I could stroll through the streets of this beautiful little town once more. By 10:30 we are on the road again. The road from Jasper - Banff - Lake …

We left the lovely city of Vancouver to drive ~430km to Kamloops. We expected a sleepy little town, but Kamloops has a population ~100,000, and we're still not sure what the attraction or main industry is there. It's like a city built on the moon - the landscape is very different from closer to Vancouver and beyond Kamloops. There's quite a nice …

Today we left Golden and made our way to Banff via Yoho National Park. After a quick stop at Field to buy our National Park pass, we then headed to the beautiful Emerald Lake. Last time I was here, the lake was a beautiful emerald colour (who would have thought!), however this time the lake was completely frozen over and the path around the lake …

We stopped at the very beautiful Lake Louise on the way to Banff. This is one of the places I had been meaning to go to since I even thought I might come to Canada so it was great to get there, and see that its just as pretty as the pictures look! In ...

... on all sides by massive chunks of rock and ice it has been truly humbling. So we say goodbye to Canada and head out tomorrow for Glacier National Park in Montana, probably to see even more amazing views. Thanks to all the people we met and shaped our ...

... of eight of us in a full-sized deluxe coach with another middle-aged, ski-mad Englishman for a driver. We toured the Yoho National Park (white), couldn't see the Spiral Tunnels from the road (closed due to snow), visited Emerald Lake (frozen white) and ...

... a million Japanese people, could take a picture of the lake. If you can't get enough of stereotypical Japanese tourists, Banff National Park is your place. I then headed north along the Icefields Parkway to see all the sights. The beauty of this place ...

... good fortune with weather continues. Today is sunny with temperature ranging from minus 2 to a high of 5oC. The path around the lake is clear, so photography should be good even if there isn't the chance for that postcard shot of an emerald green lake ...

... job Colin is a tenacious)The hostel did have great Happy Hours and food refills on the special....great for the budget. Lake Louise is breathtaking as we sat & drank our morning coffee which cost a fortune (Colin walked out without paying ...

... . At one end is Mount Victoria with the Victoria glacier evident on its slopes.At the other is a huge resort hotel called Chateau Lake Louise. To stay and visit here we had to buy a pass from the Parks and Wildlife department which covers all this area. ...

... including Peyto, Bow and Lake Louise. The colour of the water varies from deep turquoise to emerald to pale milky turqouise. Lake Louise is very commercialised but the others are still in their natural state. Along the way this morning we couldn't ...

... firearms as they walked through the campground.  When we are in heavy bear country I like to have my pistol with me, but Canada won't allow pistols.  Patti has a back up plan for situations like this.  She tells me she will be safe, ...

... it fairly quiet were all in vain as Caitlin decided to make it her life's mission to make sure that absolutely everyone in Banff and Lake Louise knew about my 33rd. As I emerged from the room that morning and gingerly entered the hotel reception to a ...