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- Dag 35
- zondag 16 juli 2023 om 14:10
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Hoogte: 1.346 m
CanadaCardston49°5’33” N 113°23’7” W
Alberta Foothills
16 juli 2023, 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!
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- Dag 36
- maandag 17 juli 2023 om 21:21
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 1.285 m
- CanadaEmerald Bay49°3’11” N 113°54’36” W
Waterton NP Day 1 - Red Rock Canyon etc
17 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 37
- dinsdag 18 juli 2023 om 12:24
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 1.262 m
- CanadaBosporus49°3’6” N 113°54’22” W
Day 2 - Carthew-Alderson Hike
18 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 38
- woensdag 19 juli 2023 om 10:33
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 1.269 m
Verenigde StatenBoundary Creek48°59’32” N 113°54’1” W
Day 3 - Lazy Wednesday
19 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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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- Dag 39
- donderdag 20 juli 2023 om 13:01
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 1.951 m
- CanadaCrypt Lake49°0’10” N 113°50’36” W
Day 4 - Crypt Lake Hike
20 juli 2023, 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.Meer informatie
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- Dag 41
- zaterdag 22 juli 2023 om 14:45
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Hoogte: 988 m
- CanadaStand Off49°27’58” N 113°18’42” W
Powwow!
22 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 42
- zondag 23 juli 2023 om 09:14
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.362 m
- CanadaFrank49°35’57” N 114°23’34” W
Coal Mining Towns
23 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 43
- maandag 24 juli 2023 om 09:09
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 789 m
- CanadaFort Steele49°37’4” N 115°37’57” W
Fort Steele Heritage Town
24 juli 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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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- Dag 44
- dinsdag 25 juli 2023 om 11:55
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 541 m
- CanadaMcLellan Creek49°7’5” N 116°37’45” W
On the road - Nature
25 juli 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Impressions from Crowsnest Highway
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- Dag 44
- dinsdag 25 juli 2023
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 527 m
- CanadaMartell Creek49°24’18” N 116°44’30” W
On the road - Former Glory
25 juli 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Impressions from the Crowsnest Highway
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- Dag 45
- woensdag 26 juli 2023 om 12:00
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 564 m
- CanadaNelson Airport49°29’33” N 117°17’34” W
My new favorite town - Nelson
26 juli 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s super nice! Lots of murals
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- Dag 47
- vrijdag 28 juli 2023 om 11:15
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 340 m
- CanadaWest Bench49°30’6” N 119°36’22” W
Okanagan Valley - Penticton
28 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 48
- zaterdag 29 juli 2023 om 09:10
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 580 m
- CanadaGillies Creek49°26’36” N 119°33’57” W
Skaha Bluffs Hiking
29 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 49
- zondag 30 juli 2023 om 12:49
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.259 m
- CanadaPooley Creek49°46’21” N 119°19’40” W
Kelowna & Myra Canyon
30 juli 2023, 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
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- Dag 50
- maandag 31 juli 2023 om 17:12
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Hoogte: 354 m
- CanadaLarkin50°21’50” N 119°16’50” W
Heritage Museums
31 juli 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I visited 3 different heritage sites - ranch, farm, ghost town - over the last 2 days. Impressions…
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- Dag 51
- dinsdag 1 augustus 2023 om 09:59
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 1.922 m
- CanadaHeather Lake51°2’48” N 118°8’38” W
Revelstoke National Park
1 augustus 2023, 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
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- Dag 52
- woensdag 2 augustus 2023 om 12:58
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 1.307 m
- CanadaRogers Pass51°18’3” N 117°31’15” W
Glacier NP
2 augustus 2023, 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 theMeer informatie
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- Dag 53
- donderdag 3 augustus 2023 om 11:46
- Hoogte: 1.074 m
- CanadaWapta Falls51°11’15” N 116°34’36” W
Yoho NP - other impressions
3 augustus 2023, 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. AddMeer informatie
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- Dag 54
- vrijdag 4 augustus 2023 om 08:48
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 1.301 m
- CanadaPeaceful Pond51°26’24” N 116°32’31” W
Yoho NP - Emerald Lake
4 augustus 2023, 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
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- Dag 55
- zaterdag 5 augustus 2023 om 12:28
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 2.211 m
- CanadaWenkchemna Peaks51°19’22” N 116°12’29” W
Moraine Lake
5 augustus 2023, 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
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- Dag 56
- zondag 6 augustus 2023 om 10:41
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 1.515 m
- CanadaWeeping Wall52°9’17” N 117°0’36” W
Icefields Parkway
6 augustus 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Back after my trip up here end of June, with more time
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- Dag 57
- maandag 7 augustus 2023 om 11:20
- 🌩️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 2.098 m
- CanadaAngel Glacier52°40’34” N 118°1’60” W
Mount Edith Cavell - 3 Glaciers
7 augustus 2023, 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
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- Dag 57
- maandag 7 augustus 2023 om 15:28
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.173 m
- CanadaPyramid Lake52°55’32” N 118°5’57” W
Jasper NP
7 augustus 2023, 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
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- Dag 60
- donderdag 10 augustus 2023 om 16:30
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 1.110 m
- CanadaHicklon Lake51°32’22” N 114°11’48” W
Trip to Germany
10 augustus 2023, 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 carMeer informatie
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- Dag 67
- donderdag 17 augustus 2023 om 11:38
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: 726 m
- CanadaSandy Beach53°41’27” N 112°48’3” W
Elk Island NP
17 augustus 2023, 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 buffaloMeer informatie