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- Tag 35
- Sonntag, 16. Juli 2023 um 14:10
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.346 m
KanadaCardston49°5’33” N 113°23’7” W
Alberta Foothills
16. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
I spent 2 rather lazy days in 2 different provincial parks - I really liked Police Outpost PP, right on the border to Montana. Finally some blue sky and sunshine!
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- Tag 36
- Montag, 17. Juli 2023 um 21:21
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.285 m
- KanadaEmerald Bay49°3’11” N 113°54’36” W
Waterton NP Day 1 - Red Rock Canyon etc
17. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Unbelievable landscape, rock in all kinds of colors. I waded through the canyon - that’s the way to do it! I also did 3 other shorter hikes
ReisenderWow! But also looks like they had some good wildfires down there in the last years…
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- Tag 37
- Dienstag, 18. Juli 2023 um 12:24
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.262 m
- KanadaBosporus49°3’6” N 113°54’22” W
Day 2 - Carthew-Alderson Hike
18. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
20.1 km hike, 650 m up… took me 8 hours but was worth every step! A shuttle takes you to Cameron Lake and you hike back to Waterton Village. Great weather but very windy
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- Tag 38
- Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2023 um 10:33
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.269 m
Vereinigte Staaten von AmerikaBoundary Creek48°59’32” N 113°54’1” W
Day 3 - Lazy Wednesday
19. Juli 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
I took a boat tour on Upper Waterton Lake today, again crossing into the US, and checked out everything in and around Waterton Village
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- Tag 39
- Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2023 um 13:01
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.951 m
- KanadaCrypt Lake49°0’10” N 113°50’36” W
Day 4 - Crypt Lake Hike
20. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another day hike, 18 km or so, 675 meters up. Apparently named one of world’s 20 most exhilarating hikes by National Geographic for the ladder, tunnel and steel cable along a 100 m drop at the end.Weiterlesen
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- Tag 41
- Samstag, 22. Juli 2023 um 14:45
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Höhe über NN: 988 m
- KanadaStand Off49°27’58” N 113°18’42” W
Powwow!
22. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
I attended the Powwow (dance and drums, competitions, and camping - a 3 day clan gathering) in Stand Off on the Blood Indian Reservation. The Blood or Kanai are part of the Blackfoot Confederation
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- Tag 42
- Sonntag, 23. Juli 2023 um 09:14
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.362 m
- KanadaFrank49°35’57” N 114°23’34” W
Coal Mining Towns
23. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
I travel along the southern border of Canada along the Crowsnest Highway. Crowsnest pass communities started as mining towns, and there is a lot of history there
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- Tag 43
- Montag, 24. Juli 2023 um 09:09
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 789 m
- KanadaFort Steele49°37’4” N 115°37’57” W
Fort Steele Heritage Town
24. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A gold rush town on the verge of being a ghost town was transformed into an open air museum
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- Tag 44
- Dienstag, 25. Juli 2023 um 11:55
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 541 m
- KanadaMcLellan Creek49°7’5” N 116°37’45” W
On the road - Nature
25. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Impressions from Crowsnest Highway
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- Dienstag, 25. Juli 2023
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 527 m
- KanadaMartell Creek49°24’18” N 116°44’30” W
On the road - Former Glory
25. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Impressions from the Crowsnest Highway
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- Tag 45
- Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2023 um 12:00
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 564 m
- KanadaNelson Airport49°29’33” N 117°17’34” W
My new favorite town - Nelson
26. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s super nice! Lots of murals
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- Tag 47
- Freitag, 28. Juli 2023 um 11:15
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 340 m
- KanadaWest Bench49°30’6” N 119°36’22” W
Okanagan Valley - Penticton
28. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
I reached my most westerly point for now - the hot and semi-arid vacation hotspot of Canada. Back north from here. Lots of lakes, orchards and wineries here. I biked 50 km on a former rail track today
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- Tag 48
- Samstag, 29. Juli 2023 um 09:10
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 580 m
- KanadaGillies Creek49°26’36” N 119°33’57” W
Skaha Bluffs Hiking
29. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Famous for rock climbing, my hike in Skaha Bluffs turned out to be a lot more difficult than I expected, as it involved a lot of scrambling over rocks
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- Tag 49
- Sonntag, 30. Juli 2023 um 12:49
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.259 m
- KanadaPooley Creek49°46’21” N 119°19’40” W
Kelowna & Myra Canyon
30. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Biggest city in the Okanagan, but main reason for me to spend time there was to bike another section of the KVR rail trail: Myra canyon with 2 tunnels and 18 trestle bridges
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- Tag 50
- Montag, 31. Juli 2023 um 17:12
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 354 m
- KanadaLarkin50°21’50” N 119°16’50” W
Heritage Museums
31. Juli 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I visited 3 different heritage sites - ranch, farm, ghost town - over the last 2 days. Impressions…
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- Tag 51
- Dienstag, 1. August 2023 um 09:59
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.922 m
- KanadaHeather Lake51°2’48” N 118°8’38” W
Revelstoke National Park
1. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Hiked 15 km today to Eva Lake. The special thing about this NP is that you drive up the mountain in many hairpin turns and start right off in Alpine vegetation
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- Tag 52
- Mittwoch, 2. August 2023 um 12:58
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.307 m
- KanadaRogers Pass51°18’3” N 117°31’15” W
Glacier NP
2. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Glacier is hard to access apart from the main highway running through it. It’s famous for, well, glaciers, some of which you can see from the Continental Divide. And a wildfire was just behind theWeiterlesen
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- Tag 53
- Donnerstag, 3. August 2023 um 11:46
- Höhe über NN: 1.074 m
- KanadaWapta Falls51°11’15” N 116°34’36” W
Yoho NP - other impressions
3. August 2023 in Kanada
Also in Yoho I visited the amazing Takakkaw Falls, Wapta Falls and biked a bit. Yesterday the air was full of smoke from wildfires, you could hardly see the mountains and it really smelled smoke. AddWeiterlesen
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- Tag 54
- Freitag, 4. August 2023 um 08:48
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.301 m
- KanadaPeaceful Pond51°26’24” N 116°32’31” W
Yoho NP - Emerald Lake
4. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Early morning to get to Emerald Lake before the crowds arrive. Great atmosphere and nice hike around the lake and up into Emerald Basin, a glacier valley
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- Tag 55
- Samstag, 5. August 2023 um 12:28
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.211 m
- KanadaWenkchemna Peaks51°19’22” N 116°12’29” W
Moraine Lake
5. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
I’m back in Lake Louise and hiked from Moraine Lake to Eiffel Lake, up on the side of the mountain into the former glacier’s valley that created Moraine Lake
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- Tag 56
- Sonntag, 6. August 2023 um 10:41
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.515 m
- KanadaWeeping Wall52°9’17” N 117°0’36” W
Icefields Parkway
6. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Back after my trip up here end of June, with more time
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- Tag 57
- Montag, 7. August 2023 um 11:20
- 🌩️ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.098 m
- KanadaAngel Glacier52°40’34” N 118°1’60” W
Mount Edith Cavell - 3 Glaciers
7. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ 🌩️ 17 °C
An early morning drive up to Mt. Edith Cavell, an iconic landmark near Jadsper with 3 glaciers. The hike goes up the opposite mountain to various viewpoints
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- Tag 57
- Montag, 7. August 2023 um 15:28
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.173 m
- KanadaPyramid Lake52°55’32” N 118°5’57” W
Jasper NP
7. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A short stop in Jasper on the way back to Edmonton: Pyramid Lake and some of the incredible scenery on the way East
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- Tag 60
- Donnerstag, 10. August 2023 um 16:30
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.110 m
- KanadaHicklon Lake51°32’22” N 114°11’48” W
Trip to Germany
10. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
You haven’t heard from me for a while as I was back in Germany for my mother’s 80th birthday. And while I was in Edmonton preparing for the trip, my bike was stolen off the bike rack on the carWeiterlesen
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- Tag 67
- Donnerstag, 17. August 2023 um 11:38
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 726 m
- KanadaSandy Beach53°41’27” N 112°48’3” W
Elk Island NP
17. August 2023 in Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Back in Edmonton, a day trip to Elk Island, a National Park only 30 min from Edmonton. It was created to save buffalo from extinction in 1907. today there are 500 plains buffalo and 500 wood buffaloWeiterlesen