Well, today turned out to be another surprise day! We planned on seeing the Columbian Ice Fields (in Jasper national park). We were going to take a tour on a bus out to the ginormous glacier. We drove 2 hours to get there, went to buy our ticket, and the lady at the register told us it would be $54 a person! Um... no thank you. We decided it was not worth the price. So instead we took some picture of the glaciers, and talked to a nice Australian couple. The glaciers were pretty cool to see, but we were both glad we didn't pay the hefty price to drive out to them.
So instead we found a hike that was a 45 minute drive back out toward Banff. It was a hike to Glacier Lake. The hike was a total of 9km to get there, and then another 9km to get back. So all together it would be 18km (about 11 miles). We decided to just go for it! The hike was a true beauty, I felt like I was in an enchanted forest the whole time! The lake was gorgeous! It was a blue/turquoise color and surrounded by mountains. We started the hike around 1 and we were done and back around 6. We had a great time on the hike, but we were tired afterward. Talk about a workout! I have always wanted to do a long hike, though. So I was very happy! When we got back to Banff we had a quick dinner and then headed back to our hotel.
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| Columbian Ice Fields- huge glacier behind us. |
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| Doesn't this forest look enchanted? |
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| Beautiful Glacier Lake |
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| Another photo from the hike. |
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