-1 C this
morning and frost on the table, but no wind and a blue sky. The sun is out and we’reheading
back up the
Icefield Parkway to the Bow Glacier Falls Trailhead.
Definitely a boots day today!
We arrived at the parking lot just after a tour bus pulled in.
Good grief--hope they aren't all going to the Falls!
The trail begins at the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge with a viewpoint and then
follows the
lake around with beautiful views and gorgeous emerald water.
Colors are changing.
A rocks and roots trail through the
trees for awhile
Beautiful crinkle ice along the way.
Then rocks at the alluvial flats at the inlet of the Bow
stream to the lake.
The Wapta
Glacier with the leaning spire
of Mt. St. Nicholas ahead.
Wonderful reflections this morning.
Great company too!!
Up the steps (?)
But we headed on to the terminal moraine
and over to
the larger rocks just along the falls.
From there really no trail just rock hopping.
Beautiful long falls
that are fed by a small lake above the falls just below the Bow Glacier.
Great views of Bow Lake and the Lodge too!
and surrounding mountains!
Spent
quite a lot of time up there and then headed down.
Back down the steps...
to the stream coming into the lake..
to the waters edge--it gets very deep very fast here!
When we
got down we had lunch from the back of the car and then
headed back into Lake Louise.
Then returned to the campground for quiet time—Gretchen read in her hammock, John took a
nap and I generally sorted and got things
organized in my den in the car. Then time for showers and
Chili
for dinner.
A superb day! It warmed up to 18 but is crashing fast and they're predicting 0C (32F) again for tonight..we're back in the high country again. We'll all sleep well though.
