May 10 - Lake Louise, Alberta
Weather: overcast, 2°, light snow flurries!
Today we are going to the Columbia Icefields. One of the main reasons we decided to do this route on the RM was to see the Icefields as our excursion there was cancelled on our trip last September. I know it will be shocking to see the Athabaskan Glacier and how much it has receded since I was here with Con in the 1980’s!
It was a long walk from where the bus parked to the actual skywalk, but as we approached the entrance I discovered that they offered ‘VIP’ service via wheelchair! I happily accepted the offer and was able to have the experience!
Getting to the skywalk one of the guides gave short presentations about the wildlife, birds, and geology. We were almost 300 m above the valley floor on a glass walkway! Yikes!!! Hopefully this short videoclip will give you a feel for what it was like!
Mary is always so adventurous!
But Dorothy is a bit more of a wimp!
Such spectacular views!
Our next stop was the Athabaskan Glacier. It has receded so much! It is really quite shocking.
The vehicles are huge and hold about 40-50 people.
They drove us to the Glacier where we were able to get out and walk around. Because they have had snow as recently as last night it wasn’t really slippery as we weren‘t walking on ice.
After the stop at the Glacier we had our included buffet meal at the centre…. And a goofy selfie with our driver/ guide, Colin!
We returned to Lake Louise via the same route on the Icefields Parkway.
Another wonderful day of beautiful scenes and tons of information
Tomorrow we are boarding the train here in Lake Louise for the first half of the trip to Vancouver. We have enjoyed all the stops so far; can’t say we’ll be $orry to $ay good-bye to the Chateau Fairmont! It’$ a beautiful hotel, but rather expen$ive!!!
That’s all for today, folks!
The Icefields Explorers
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