Day 18

Off to Lake Peyto first and in the distance u can see the massive Athabasca Glacier, which is part of the Columbia Icefield. It was quite a steep walk up to the lake but the view was well worth it.

Next we drove to the foot of the glacier and we have never ever seen one. The valley of the glacier was like a moon scape and another hilly walk to get as close as we could to see it. Along the way there were year markers where the glacier once was, the most recent being 2006. Amazing how quickly this massive block of ice was retreating, climate deniers should come and see its a real thing not bull shit.

There is a decent sized river of melted ice pouring out from under the glacier which prevented us getting up to the edge of the glacier. We stuck our hands into it and boy it was it bloody cold, should have brought a 6 pack up here. There were some patches of snow and Annie got to make her first ever snow ball.

We have seen many stunning locations on this trip but the Glacier left us speechless. The rocks underneath it have been left with deep gouges ground out of them over many years as the glacier grew then receded

On the way home we were lucky enough to see another big black bear close to the road. Mariah's partner has big V Twin Kawasaki and he followed us today. Last pic shows u how crystal clear the Fairmont Jasper lake is, its fed by an underground springOkumaya devam et