Alberta Foothills

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

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

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

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

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.Читать далее
Powwow!

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

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

A gold rush town on the verge of being a ghost town was transformed into an open air museum
On the road - Nature

Impressions from Crowsnest Highway
On the road - Former Glory

Impressions from the Crowsnest Highway
My new favorite town - Nelson

It’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s super nice! Lots of murals
Okanagan Valley - Penticton

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

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

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

I visited 3 different heritage sites - ranch, farm, ghost town - over the last 2 days. Impressions…
Revelstoke National Park

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

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 theЧитать далее
Yoho NP - other impressions

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. AddЧитать далее
Yoho NP - Emerald Lake

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

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

Back after my trip up here end of June, with more time
Mount Edith Cavell - 3 Glaciers

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

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

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 carЧитать далее
Elk Island NP

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 buffaloЧитать далее