Alberta Foothills
July 16, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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!
Waterton NP Day 1 - Red Rock Canyon etc
July 17, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Day 2 - Carthew-Alderson Hike
July 18, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Day 3 - Lazy Wednesday
July 19, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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
Day 4 - Crypt Lake Hike
July 20, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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.Read more
Powwow!
July 22, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Coal Mining Towns
July 23, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Fort Steele Heritage Town
July 24, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A gold rush town on the verge of being a ghost town was transformed into an open air museum
On the road - Nature
July 25, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Impressions from Crowsnest Highway
On the road - Former Glory
July 25, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Impressions from the Crowsnest Highway
My new favorite town - Nelson
July 26, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s super nice! Lots of murals
Okanagan Valley - Penticton
July 28, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Skaha Bluffs Hiking
July 29, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Kelowna & Myra Canyon
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Heritage Museums
July 31, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I visited 3 different heritage sites - ranch, farm, ghost town - over the last 2 days. Impressions…
Revelstoke National Park
August 1, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Glacier NP
August 2, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 theRead more
Yoho NP - other impressions
August 3, 2023 in Canada
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. AddRead more
Yoho NP - Emerald Lake
August 4, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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
Moraine Lake
August 5, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 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
Icefields Parkway
August 6, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Back after my trip up here end of June, with more time
Mount Edith Cavell - 3 Glaciers
August 7, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌩️ 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
Jasper NP
August 7, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 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
Trip to Germany
August 10, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 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 carRead more
Elk Island NP
August 17, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 buffaloRead more