Alpine Lunch
Sometimes a twenty-five minute lunch view is well worth the technical, three hour walk to the top.
Glacier National Park Canada continues to deliver.
Posts from the ‘National Parks’ Category
Jul 17
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Banff
The town of Banff is a juxtaposition I cannot capture easily.
It is typical of *destination* resort towns – small, absolutely packed with tourists, cars, & tour buses.
There no shortage of kitschy commercial offerings of all types.
Really, it is pretty much a shitshow.
However, with only the slightest effort – and the willingness to take any one of multiple uphill trails – it’s easy to get lost for hours and effectively escape the nonsense.
Having been here a few days, I am nicely settling into a cadence of morning hikes with Kelly followed by an afternoon spin on the bike while she does yoga.
We’ll make it work here.
Jun 23
Glacier Snow
Initially, the trails were dry and free of snow as we ascended the mountain. As we continued onward, small patches of snow and ice were easily avoided, until they were not.
At higher elevations, only the few trails with virtually no tree cover were free from snow, mud, and spring melt water crossings.
While we had a GPS device aiding our navigation, the steep slopes and deep snow complicated things. When it was time to navigate a descent through the dense network of trees, we were wet, regularly postholing to our knees, and were forced to backtrack multiple times before a final glissade to dry land.
All of this slowed our travels, but absolutely increased the fun factor. And for a few hours, a group of us – all in our mid/upper 40’s, momentarily put our adult realities aside while childlessly reliving the joys of our youth.
Wandering With Purpose 