On Frozen Lakes
Mountain break! We had a lovely weekend in Lake Louise and have apparently brought winter back as Calgary is under a storm watch. Let’s not talk about the -24 situation. The first weekend stop was at Bow Lake, after we turned onto the Icefields Parkway we entered a large white out blizzard situation which was quite alarming so we abandoned the Peyto Lake plan. Banff had minimal snow but we found plenty further up. The Lodge at Bow Lake was absolutely stunning in the snow. Due to lack of imagination and planning we walked across frozen Bow Lake then turned around when another wave of blizzard came in. I find it quite wonderful to walk on a lake we have kayaked so many times. Later on the night views at Chateau Lake Louise were just stunning. The next day we had sunshine so of course it was time to walk across frozen Lake Louise. Microspikes were fine for this. I haven’t done much in winter this year but days like this m...
