We did it, we drove the entire 1523 miles of the Alcan Highway, we started in Fairbanks ended where it begins in Dawson Creek BC, known for milepost 0.
A big beaver, somewhere in Canada.
This big guy greeted us to Jasper National Park, mama and a couple calves hanging out behind him.
One of our favorite views.
We have a long way to go. Our guide told us to walk like a cowboy when wearing our ice cleats.
Repelling down a crevasse on the Athabasca Glacier,
Windy and cold on top of the glacier, we both highly recommend repealing. We ended up with a couple scraps and bruises but lots of good memories to make those worthwhile.
Outside our Bungalow at Jaspers House Bungalows, we were warned that grizzlies and elk had been recent visitors, we didn’t see them.
A little cloudy today but the views are still awesome.
We got an early start one day and did a day hike in YoHo National Park. We hiked back to view Twin Falls. The hike mainly followed a stream and we saw a total of 4 waterfalls and lots of rapids. It was a good thing we got the early start since since it ended up being a 10 mile hike round trip with lots of elevation changes. The picture is of Twin Falls, we turned around at this point since we had such a long hike back. Even from this distance the noise made by the falls sounded like a jet plane was flying right over our heads.
Someone wants to go for a ride.
So we did. We saw 1 black bear, not common for this ski hill, and one deer. Grizzlies are more common here.
Here is a picture of the chubby black bear. He passed right under us on our ride down. My ride share guy didn’t have any problem leaning over to take pictures.
We went to the actual Lake Louise after dinner when it wasn’t as crowed. It was a pretty spot but not sure if it is worth fighting the crowds during the day. The parking lots are known to fill up by seven a.m. and then you have to take a bus from a remote parking lot, pay 10 per person and we were told to expect up to a two hour wait to get on the bus, going and returning. It is estimated that 15,000 people per day visit this shoreline in the summer.
We took a day trip down to Banff to check out the town. It was definitely a tourist town with blocks and blocks of shopping and restaurants. The crosswalks were very funky. Traffic would be stopped in all directions so everyone could cross at once, even do a diagonal crossing. The town is surrounded by the mountains with a stream running along it so there are great views each way you look.
The Palmer Express 