Irwins Mountain Inn Banff
429 Banff Avenue Banff, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, T1L 1B2, Canada
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Freaky Weather
Howdy folks,
Everybody thinks that Canada is cold and covered in snow and ice at the moment because it is winter, but that isn't always the case.
The ski season here was delayed by a week in mid-November because there wasn't enough snow. Then it opened a day earlier than the official date. At first there were two good dumpings of snow, but for the last 2-3 weeks there hasn't been much at all. Yesterday there was a warm chinook wind that come up from the ...
Johnston Canyon and the Inkpots
... still a number of cars in the parking lot as the cafe and lodge was still open for business. The river levels were much lower than before as it hasn't been raining much and the snow hasn't arrived yet. It was nice to walk through the canyon again as it was very picturesque although a lot of the flora was dying off in the autumn freeze.
Adam showed us a trail off the main path which lead ...
Twin Teahouse Trek of Terror
... direction. The switchbacks took their toll on our enthusiasm and drained us of our energy so we collapsed and cautiously studied the map to find the next route to our destination.
Three trails of terror presented themselves before us, each more horrifying than the last. To continue straight forth would bring us to the Plain of Six Glaciers – an obvious route, but awash with onerous tourists. To our left would mean venturing ...
Edith Pass and Le Tour De Lakes
... for dinner and a beer and ended up back at one of the staff accommodations. Steffie had a bottle of tequila which she got for her birthday, so I decided it would be a good idea to try and finish the bottle with a few people. Regretably, I was successful.
I didn't do anything on Friday, but sleep and feel sorry for myself. Jenny and Steffie invited me around for dinner and we ate Fettucini Carbonara which is a favourite ...
Scenery was just incredible!!!
... experience, and after all the Glaciers I have seen on this trip, to actually walk on one was just awesome!!! We got back on the bus and headed for the helicopter take off area for those who were doing the helicopter. I wasn’t doing it, but the place we had to wait made up for the scenery the Helicopters would see. We were at a beautiful lake that we got to sit at and just look at while they were off doing that, so it was just beautiful and so blue!!!
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