Chateau Jasper

... to the Hotel.  Our tour director travelled on the train with us in Red Leaf while the coach driver drove from Vancouver to Jasper.  We have 52 people on tour - all Aussies with the exception of 2 New Zealanders.  Margaret our Tour Director ...

... . Can't say the same for the aches and pains though, we are definitely feeling a bit stiff this morning! We walked into Jasper for breakfast, to help loosen the joints.  We are back on the Canadian this afternoon, heading for Vancouver, where we ...

Johna and Helen Diary We treated ourselves to breakfast at the Chateau Lake Louise, and was it expensive ! And the place was crawling with tour buses. It was pretty, but much too crowded for our liking. We rode Hwy #93 North on the Columbia Icefields ...

... the walk back, and this elevated view was brilliant. All too soon we were taking off our cleats and boots and heading inside our chateau room. We decided to go and take a hot tub, so we grabbed our costumes and headed for the pool room.  A 20m ...

... a 3.2km hike up-hill at Lake Louise to another another lake at the top called Lake Agnes. From here we could see the chateau at Lake Louise, the ski resort and for miles across the mountain range. Banff itself is still amazingly beautiful, but busier and ...

... , eigentlich gesperrt war) - Sonnenbaden am Ufer (HA - es regnet also doch nicht die ganze Zeit!) - heisse Schokolade im Chateau Lake Louise (schoenes, grosses Hotel am Anfang/Ende des Sees); fast schon surreal: Harfenspielerin gleich hinter mir (dachte ...

... ! Drove through Jasper national park, detouring to Lake Louise to check out where I'll be working and living. The Fairmont Chateau. The lake was still frozen but still beautiful and the hotel looks amazing. From there we went further south through Banff ...

This morning we went to the Maligne Canyon and took the optional Maligne Lake Cruise to Spirit Island, absolutely beautiful scenery.  We spent the afternoon catching up on some laundry then at 6pm we went on the Mount Edith Cavell walk to the ...

... fact that they have a bus leaving at 4, the bus station doesn't stay open until then, or in fact open until 6. So, despite Jasper having a station that was rebuilt and is now one of the few across the country that is protected as a heritage station, I ...

... on the way back.  But it was an amazing experience; once again the scenery was beautiful. Back on the bus and heading to Jasper the road had disappeared beneath the snow, and it had turned quite nasty and dark. At 9.30pm it's still snowing, so it ...

... is a another entry of our journey sorry for the late blog but there are heaps of photos to go through. We drove from Banff to Jasper along the Trans-Canadian Highway, the roads are amazing over here so much room and so smooth. On the way we saw some nice ...

... , via Vancouver and the Canadian Rockies to Calgary. Tauk Tours certainly know how to do it in style. Our other stopovers included Chateau Lake Louise and the Banff Springs Hotel. We would love to return to the Rockies, but long flights are proving to be ...

... and the ski slopes. Famous for its colour when the sun shines, the lake becomes a teal-green turquoise with Fairmont’s Chateau Lake Louise the only accommodation set straight in front of its shores. In its current form, the creamy chateau has been ...

... Mountain from our window. We ate a hearty breakfast at Smitty's Cafe downstairs before driving over the bridge to the Jasper Park Lodge. Unlike the Chateau Lake Louise and the Banff Springs Hotel, the Jasper Park Lodge is spread out over a vast property ...

... of Japanese tourists taking photographs at the water's edge and it was almost impossible to get a photo without anyone in it. Also the Chateau Lake Louise is built right on the lake so I personally think that spoils it a bit, however it would be quite ...

... 't see much – a bit disappointing. We took the mandatory 100 photos of the Lake anyway. We then headed inside the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel in search of a hot drink as all our hands were frozen….must invest in some gloves soon! After ...

... We did take some time to do a few little walks including full across a frozen Lake Louise. And we even stayed in the Chateau. Lee, our hard-bargaining Fernie friend, got us a great deal and we spoiled ourselves watching cable tv, soaking in the hot ...