Lake Louise (B) is our next destination and we follow the Bow Valley Parkway, a beautiful stretch of road between Banff and Lake Louise.
We stop for coffee at Castle Mountain and its an easy ride to the famous Lake Louise known for … well the lake obviously, and the stunning Mount Victoria and Glacier and the Chateau. Its not hard to see why its one of the most photographed places in the world. We are lucky to be able to ride right up to the Chateau where there is motorbike parking available otherwise, we’d have been redirected back out as the car park was full – and from all accounts is that way from about 9am to 7pm at night.
The next day we head out to experience what is touted to be one of Canada’s national treasures- the Icefield Parkway – a 232 km stretch of road between Lake Louise and Jasper through the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way we stop at several glacial lakes and are mesmerised by their beauty and amazing colors brought about by what is called rock flour, the fine grained, silt sized particles of bedrock caused by glacial erosion which turns the color of the lake to turquoise.
Although the Rockies is home to many glaciers, none is more exciting and indeed accessible than the Columbia Icefield (C), the largest icefield in the Rocky Mountains. The icefield feeds 6 glaciers including the Athabaska glacier. We take the trip on the Ice Explorer to get close up and personal with the icefield, followed by the glass floored skywalk with spectacular views across the Sunwapta valley.
Last but not least, our final stop in the Rockies in Jasper (D) . A much smaller and quieter town than its cousin in the south; and as is fitting on our last stop here in this beautiful part of the world, we see a few Canadian Mounties and our 6th bear sighting- notice Sinclair keeps the bike running😬
What an amazing trip. Green with envy.
Absolutely! Almost as beautiful as Waiheke… on our list to come and see you guys!
Absolutely beautiful
Your kind of place haze! xx