Lake Louise

Here we are in Banff.  This was a travel/explore day, so we stopped in Banff to take a look around.  This weekend was a holiday, so it was incredibly crowded.

We were able to ski 4 days total.  All days were pretty good, fresh snow fell during the night, so we had nice snow to board on.  The greens were more like blues on this "hill" so we did not get bored of greens.  Plus most chairs had at least one green to get down, so we explored all parts of the mountain.

The Temple Lodge is in the back of the mountain and was a nice place to eat lunch and rest.

Um, they have ramen at the main lodge?  Yes please.  We ate here twice.  Much better than having an overcooked burger.  Prices were decent given the favorable exchange rate.

Looking down at the main lodge. Between those two mountains is Lake Louise and our hotel.

First night checking out the lake.  Resting on the ice bench.

Beautiful ice castle!

Peekaboo!

20 minutes from Lake Louise is the Johnston Canyon.  Here we hiked about 3.5 km to the upper ice falls.  We had to wear yaktraks because if the icy trail.  Hike was easy and very pretty.

Lots of rest breaks. and pictures.

Icy patch, watch out!

The path was sometimes elevated with rails.

How cool is this?

How much further?

Wow!

It's loud!!!!

Made it to the end.

Crazy ice climbers behind us!

Another stop in Banff.  This time...nobody there.

Yup, we had ice cream and it was 0C outside.  It was good though and the waffle cone was really fresh and crispy!

Dogsledding!!!!

The dogs knew we were getting ready to leave and got really really excited.  They barked louder and louder until we left.  They really wanted to go.

Mom and B in their sled.  One of the skis broke at the halfway point, so they had to get a new one brought in.  At the halfway point, they had hot chocolate and cookies for us.  A nice treat.

All the dogs were very good, and B like this one a lot.  Her name was Susan.  But we also liked Kimo.

Break at the halfway point.

Another trip to the lake and ice castle for skating!

Skating was a lot harder than I remember.

Now hiking on the lake

Thanks Lake Louise, it was super fun!