Canada and the Rocky Mountaineer
A few photos of memories of my Canada trip last year. It was without doubt a wonderful trip and I would love to do it again. Continue reading Canada and the Rocky Mountaineer
Tag: Lake Louise
Lake Louise, Banff to Calgary.
We left a cold and misty Lake Louise the next morning (see header photo) to our final destination of Calgary. We drove back to have a look at the Spiral Tunnels which were carved through the mountains to reduce the gradient of the line. The original rail was 2.1/2 the slope that was considered safe. It took 1000 men 2 years to construct. From there … Continue reading Lake Louise, Banff to Calgary.
Lake Louise
This was always going to be a hard post as it refreshes so many memories, when I arranged this trip my Daughter said that she envied me the opportunity of visiting Lake Louise. It is quite ironic that it was 5 weeks to the day that I toasted the memory for her. On my arrival to the Chateau I was afforded the luxury of being … Continue reading Lake Louise
Jasper, Athabasca to Lake Louise
After the tour of the first morning I was treated to an excursion by Rocky Mountaineer to a ride on the SkyTram…..a seven minute journey up a mountain (2,700mtr) to view the “alpine tundra”. Heart in mouth at the tramway end you could then ascend by foot to the summit. Not Moi, it was however an enthralling view of which I hope that you can … Continue reading Jasper, Athabasca to Lake Louise
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