Rainy Day People / Gordon Lightfoot
Heading for the Icefields
Rainy.
But we’ve got an appointment at the Icefields.
Mountains are like oceans.
Even in bad weather
they are beautiful
and mysterious.
At Last!!!
Icefields in sight!
Tag Archives: Maligne Lake
Jasper Journey – Heading for the Icefields …
16 SepJasper Journey – Athabasca Falls …
10 Sep
Blue Water / Poco
Day 2: Rain
We head out for our scheduled Tour of Columbia Icefields.
But on the way we stop at
Athabasca Falls
Decisions, decisions …
Be careful …
Deadly accident at Athabasca Falls
Posted date: August 12, 2011 / https://www.fitzhugh.ca/author/admin/
… Public Safety Warden Garth Lemke … said the individual went over the very top left-hand side of the falls at approximately 3:15 pm.
… “It looked like every solid structure in his body had been broken,” … “It wasn’t a pleasant scene.”
In the past 20 years, the park has reported five fatalities at Athabasca Falls, all of the accidents occurring in a similar location.
… “Chances are the victim died from the impact of the fall into the rocky waters, but hypothermia can also be fatal if a victim survives the fall …”
The area where the individual fell is blocked off by protective railings, along with signage warning visitors to stay back.
Hear the thunder
Ray and Sarah’s video. Thanks guys.
Next: on to the Icefields
Jasper Journey – Around Town
3 Sep
The Happy Wanderer / The Obernkirchen Children / 1954
Headin’ for wonders.
‘Neath the guardian peak of Pyramid Mountain
Lies sleepy Jasper town
The jewel of the Rockies
Come! Come see the wonders!
Our Digs
Loaded for bear.
The den if full.
One of the best places I ever stayed.
Charming to a fault.
But first things first:
A pic with Jasper the Bear!
I’ve seen better pics of me.
What could be more Canadian than Jasper the Bear?!
Well how about Jasper the beer?
EH!
Or Jasper on a dollar!
Onward …
Jasper Journey – Sunwapta Falls
28 Aug
Where the Long River Flows / Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
Some critter’s bin rubbin’ on this tree.
Signs of bear.
Jasper Journey – Tangle Creek
26 Aug
Let Your Love Flow / The Bellamy Brothers
Heading for Jasper – paused at Tangle Creek
Tangle Ridge Mountain was named by Mary Schäffer in 1907 for the difficulty that climbers had descending down Tangle Creek from the ridge. The mountain’s name became official in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
Tangle Falls is a multi-tiered cascade that might be the most often photographed waterfall alongside the Icefields Parkway because of its easy access.
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