I feel like this post is gonna be more of a photo diary than anything else because of how utterly beautiful this part of Canada is.
Like I could try describing it to you but it’s just one of those places/experiences that are better shown than described really. (There are, after all, only so many ways one can describe snow-capped mountains).
Anyway, after our day skiing in Banff, we woke up to clear skies (it had actually snowed overnight) which meant that finally, we could drive the Icefields Parkway.
The first time we tried doing this, there was an avalanche which meant this utterly beautiful road from Jasper National Park to Banff National Park was closed.
It was fine for us as we weren’t going to Banff on that trip but it would have been nice to see. Those that were, however, found an extra 4 hours added to their journey.
The second time, we were actually due to make that drive from Jasper to Banff and there was another planned avalanche (they set off the avalanches with dynamite to clear the mountains and prevent a real one from happening) so we found ourselves with that extra 4 hours drive on our way over to Rockies Heli for our helicopter ride over the Rockies (which made for a super early start).
This time, however, no avalanches and so off we went to Lake Louise to meet with JP, our guide for the day who runs Pursuit Adventures Guide with his wife Danielle.
The new dusting of snow actually ended up adding even more to the beauty of this already gorgeous drive through Alberta and I kid you not, the next few hours were pretty much spent mouthing “WOW!” as we made our way from one glacier-capped mountain to the other.
We started off at the magnificent Crowfoot Glacier…
…before making our way over to the now-frozen Bow Lake; where Lloyd proceeded to (unintentionally) fill his boots up with snow.
We then essentially just carried on driving and stopping whenever we felt as we made our way slowly over towards Abraham Lake.
