Friday, July 10, 2009

Day 25 - Lake Louise


We woke up early and headed to Lake Louise on a very beautiful morning. We wanted to be able to have a full day of hiking and exploring. We by-passed the freeway and took the old road to Lake Louise and it was spectacular. It is hard to explain traveling and viewing the scenery of the Icefield Parkway. The emotions that you feel cannot be explained in words. You need to see it for yourself to understand. We arrived early at the Lake Louise campground (10:30 AM) a got a great campsite close to the bathhouse. There are two magnificant lakes in this area, Moraine Lake and Lake Louise. We packed up lunch and headed up the road to Moraine Lake, which was still frozen solid. We hiked around a bit and then had lunch. There were several people that were brave enough to walk on the frozen lake, but we decided to just watch them.

After lunch we headed to Lake Louise, which I can still remember visiting as a young boy with my parents some 60 years ago. When we arrived at the lake, you cannot help but notice the Fairmont Lake Chateau Hotel. There were a lot of visitors, so we decided to hike to the end of the lake, which is at the base of the mountain range. Along the path, you could not help but notice several rock climbers ascending and desending the cliffs. The lake is open year-round and offers many recreational opportunities to visitors. The weather was beautiful and started to get very warm, so we decided to have a cold beer and wine at the hotel and look back at the lake and the glacial fields in the background.

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