Wet, White, Warning, and WOW

The Great Canadian Caravan (Part 5)

Day 5 starts early (6:30 bags outside the door, 7:30 on the bus)

A grey sky and some new fallen snow on the mountains.

 After leaving Banff, the sun comes out and the views are awesome.

Then we find out about the next stop... Lake Moraine and the Valley of the Ten Peaks

With a few warnings:

1. Watch out for the Bears

2. It's a bit of a climb

(the bear warning sign is in the center below)

However, bears and climb aside, it was well worth the hazards

Then we went on to Lake Louise and the Fairmont Chateau

Lunch was sitting on benches at the edge of the lake, while looking at the fantastic views, and protecting our food from the Clark's Nutcrackers

While eating we saw and heard a small avalanche at the far end of the lake

More lakes, some ice fields and glaciers on the way to Jasper.

Wolf Lake

and the Rooster!

Next stop Jasper for 2 nights in some great cabins on the Athabasca River

All 633 pictures and videos can be found in my Picasaweb folder.

To be continued in part 6