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 by kokoryko
In general for a European, short on time, a drive through the mountains shows a lot!
With more time, one can go hiking; see other tips Address: on the roadPhone: ????Directions: This animal was on the road near Banff; where is it now?Website: ??? Other Contact: ?
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Canyon Creek is a typical scenery of the rockies; folded rocks, etc. . high cliff, snow flakes in mid summer, the scent of the pintrees, and a nice walk (not a hike).
Many vallys and creeks are so picturesque and when getting to the mouth of the valley, the landscapes look so open! Address: !!Rockies!!Directions: South west of Banff, leave the tarmac road for need to check, finish nexty time
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.... or blue, or turquoise, I don't know exactly, but it was amazing.
What an incredible beautiful view from the look out, which we reached after a short walk from the car park, more or less along Icefields Parkway (highway 93).
It is not only Peyto Lake, but also the view over the valley, which makes this stop along Icefields Parkway a 'must'.
Along the 'track' to the look out we saw lots of alpine flowers and squirrels. Leave a Comment Address: Icefields Parkway # 93 Highway.
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Icefields Parkway: a fantastic road to drive. We never had an idea driving in the mountains, nowhere hairpins or sharp bends, juts abroad valley. For us as Europeans so amazing, while touring through the Alps, you will find everywhere winding roads and passes.
We enjoyed the great scenery and quietness very much, being surrounded by the impressive Rocky Mountains. Icefields Parkway lies between Jasper in the north and 230 km's further to the south Lake Louise (and later Banff).
I would recommend to take more or less a full day for your drive to be sure you have time enough for a stop at one of the sights along the road.
Picture was taken almost on the highest point near Bow Summit/Peyto Lake. Leave a Comment
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 Some Well-Used Farm Buildings by Bwana_Brown
Still, there was something about the character of these old buildings, their sagging roofs with moss-covered shingles and abandoned appearance that appealed to me. I kept wanting to stop to photograph them, but we would never have made any progress at all if I had! Leave a Comment Directions: This scene was taken near Vetern, almost due east of Red Deer as we began our turn westward from the Saskatchewan border.
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 Fairgrounds at the Calgary
Stampede by windsorgirl
Events at the Stampede include an opening parade in downtown Calgary, live music concerts, agricultural displays, midway rides, the controversial chuckwagon races and of course, the daily rodeo.
My favourite event was the children (wearing helmets) riding the backs of bucking sheep.....it was hilarious. I guess every cowboy has to start somewhere. Leave a Comment
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 Mt Edith Cavell and Angel
Glacier straight ahead! by mtncorgLeave a Comment
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 Hotel at Waterton Lakes by mtncorg
Box 126,
Waterton Lakes National Park,
Alberta, Canada. T0K 2M0
Phone 403-859-2362
$Cdn13 roundtrip - Leave a Comment
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 Jasper NP, Alberta by windsorgirl
There are plenty of scenic hikes, a 2.5 km gondola ride, many calm lakes for canoeing or fishing and a town centre with any and all of the amenities a tourist could need.
see my Jasper NP pages for more tips and photos. Leave a Comment
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 Me standing beside the dark
crack in the left rock by Bwana_Brown, 2 more photos
Big Rock began its life on a Rocky Mountain peak in present day Jasper National Park, but was dislodged by a massive landslide 18,000 years ago. The side of the mountain ended up atop a glacier that was flowing below, resulting in the landslide debris being slowly carried eastward as the glacier crept out of the mountains. Eventually, the glacier came up against a major obstacle when it ran into the Laurentides Ice Sheet that covered all of central North America, resulting in the glacier being deflected south, still carrying its load. As the Ice Age finally retreated, the warming climate resulted in a 700-km (440-mile) line of rocks being dropped on the landscape from Jasper to Montana. The photos clearly show the layers of sediment that originally formed on the ocean bottoms before these were thrust up by continental plate pressures millions of years ago to form the Rocky Mountains.
By the way, 'okotoks' is the Blackfoot aboriginal term for 'rock'. Natural freezing and thawing processes over the last 10,000 years have broken the original 41x18x9 m quartzite rock into smaller bits. Leave a Comment Directions: On Higway 7, just a few miles west of the town of Okotoks
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