The Icefields Parkway is a side highway that connects Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. It travels by icefields, glaciers and some of the most breathtaking mountain scenery in the world. A snow storm was coming in and obscured some of the peaks. The view may have been obscured, but it was mysterious and magical. This is a detail of Pulpit Peak.
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Canada and Alaska 2011–IceFields Parkway
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Canada and Alaska 2011–Lake Louise 2
Another view of Lake Louise. Turquoise water becomes turquoise ice, another surprise for me.
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Lake Louise
Lake Louise is a popular resort about 35 miles from Banff. It is known for its beautiful turquoise waters which reflect the surrounding peaks. I hadn’t expected that it would still be frozen. The ice and snow had its own beauty.
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Canada and Alaska 2011–The Banff Formation
In May of this year I drove a motor home from Forest City, Iowa to Anchorage, Alaska. I spent 18 days driving through the northern United States, British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon Territory and Alaska. It was a privilege to drive by some of the most spectacular mountain ranges, rivers and waterfalls on the planet. This formation is sedimentary, primarily shale and limestone. It is near Banff, a town site and the headquarters of the Banff National Park in Alberta.