Mountaineer Lodge

... and gas station on another corner. Lodges occupy the other corners. The major attractions were a ways out of town. Mountaineer Lodge We stayed at the Mountaineer Lodge and considering the time of the year we were surprised that the rates were ...

... lakes. We came into Lake Louise at 6pm ( although it was now 7 because we had crossed a time zone). We booked into the Mountaineer Lodge which is very nice, though very pricey but most places here are expensive. We have decided to stay here for two ...

... (about 32 feet). We crossed into Alberta and stopped at the Lake Louise Village.  That night we stayed at the Mountaineer Lodge.  Definitely my kind of place - rustic, but comfortable, surrounded by trees and mountains. We had hoped to have ...

The weather has gotten colder. Yesterday, there was snow on the ground at Morain Lake Lodge and this morning we had frost on the cars.  A beautiful, crisp morning! We breakfasted at Bill Peytos Grill located at an International Hostel in the ...

... between Vancouver and Banff but logistics ie cost put that idea to bed but as luck would have it we caught sight of the Rocky Mountaineer train just after lunch. I drove past it hoping to find a spot where I might get a photo of the observation cars at ...

... 8211; but everyone was cool. 3 Brits, 1 Irishman and 1 other American. Our guide Stu was excellent – he's a tried and true mountaineer and was hired by the Lord of the Rings Crew during their 18 month shoot at Tongariro. He said that all the actors ...

... limestone bed. There was a bamboo jungle and more forests with lichen plants wrapping around branches. We ran into Jimbo the mountaineer and the English lads. We were tired from walking and Omar was feeling ill apparently from eating fresh tomatoes ...

... .  The sheer drop on either side is confronting.  Even the young man in the Information Centre, who has been a mountaineer, now struggles with vertigo and can no longer cross the aquaduct.  With Keith feeling some trepidation, we set out ...

... like that. We had an awesome time at the Lumberjack Show. Tom:  Today we went in a train called the ROCKY MOUNTAINEER. First the instructor  told us his name (Adam) , then he told us the safety rules. ...

... from the trust. On 29 May 1953, at the age of 33 Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Nepalese Sherper mountaineer Tenzeng Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth ...

... the teahouse was almost like a ski resort lodge, so we dried of sat around the fire chatting to an interesting Aussie mountaineer. Tuesday 22 February - Day 5 Walking Time/Distance: 7 Hours /19km Altitude High/Low: 3,070m / 2,194m Weather Conditions: ...

... valley. (The waters at the head are a dirty grey colour caused by the sediment from the gacial run-off.) Lunch in the Old Mountaineer's Cafe. Should have been able to see Mt Cook, but scudding clouds hid it most of the time. Booked our boat expedition for ...