Chancellor Peak Chalets Golden

Yet another hike, this time to the gorgeous Lake O'Hara. It was an 11km hike up to the lake and when we got there, as usual it was worth the hike. There were these little cottages that lined the shoreline of the lake, a fantastic place to stay for sure.<br><br>My hiking buddy and I decided that we would catch the 'courtesy' bus back down, as we were pretty buggered by the time we got to the top. So we waited for an hour for the ...

... felswaenden oben 'kleben'. ,eine unglaubliche anzahl von seen. <br><br> etwas schade ist, dass es in diesem gebiet halt fast imm** etwa bewoelkt ist....es ist zwar angenehm wegen d** temp**atur, ab** die landschaften leuchten nicht ganz so farbig wie es in den momenten ist, wo keine wolke vor d** sonne ist und dann die waeld** gruen leuchten und halt gaz besond**s die seen unglaubliche farben preisgeben! janu....die fotos sind dah** halt farblich etwas 'stumpf'.<br>

... of the river. By the way, the river temperature was 5 degrees Celsius, or 41 degrees Fahrenheit. <br><br>We practiced in calm water, but quickly got to the fun stuff. The class 3 and class 4 rapids had huge "holes" and drops. We had a great time and were sorry that it had to end. The warm bus ride back to the put-in spot felt good, but the hot shower and hot chocolate were even better. <br><br>Sorry, no pictures, I do not have a waterproof camera.

... Falls. It is a 2.4 km (1.5 miles) hike to the falls. This is a large, high volume waterfall, but the view from below the falls is blocked by a rock embankment. This is probably due to large rocks breaking off as the waterfall works its way upstream &#8211; part of the natural erosion process. The real treat of the day was the hike back to the parking lot. We saw a black bear just a few yards from the trail. Fortunately, it was busy eating, had no cubs ...

... from the coolant reservoir. All right, for you four-wheelers, a radiator hose.<br><br>Well, that is the bad news. The good news is, we could have been 30 miles back on Rogers Pass, or as originally planned, at the campground in the middle of Yoho National Park. The further good news is that the RV park owner called one of the tire shops in Golden. Next door to that tire shop is a diesel garage that is ...

... the view along the way. It seems that every time we turned a corner there was another beautiful view and especially true if you turned around to look in the opposite direction. When we arrived at Revelstoke on Saturday, the town seemed somewhat deserted and not many restaurants were in fact open. We would later find out that there was ...

... in town as well as the part-time job. The hotel is willing wait for me to give my two weeks at my current job and work around my 2 part-time shifts at the liquor store. I will be living in an apartment in town, which is expensive for staff accommodation, but central and I get my own room. The job is a step-up from all the other stuff I've done which is nice because I get sooooo antsy just hanging out at easy jobs where I am not ...

... past me, and reading my book. It was perfect weather. A brilliant blue sky, snow-capped mountains all around, dogs barking, the elk walking around the little meadow across the river... It was so peaceful. Magpies were flapping around cleaning themselves in the river, a little school of minnows trying desperately to swim upstream and then eventually trickling back down in the current. Big ink-black crows soaring across the sky like silk ribbons. It's amazing the little things ...

... Was good to be truely out there....... After lunch which was extremely late we drove through the mountains to Golden, a strange place indeed. We had coffee just of the highway before following the signs to get to the municipal campsite based there. After requesting our firewood and pitching the tent we set out to explore the town. Only we couldnt find it, we found the services, the strangest town hall ever - a ...

... been better than the instant gratification of setting up a fence one day, and finding a drift of these proportions sitting there the next. Even more amazing is the realisation that most of the alpine areas and all of Goats Eye would be completely unskiable without the snow fences. All the snow would be blown off the mountain and into the next valley by the first decent wind to come along. More to come on this, but check out my next post for some of the party action in Canmore.