June
25: From Banff we drive the 54 km (35 mi) to Lake Louise, but we take
the Bow Valley Parkway instead of the four lane Trans Canada Highway.
Soon we see lots of wildlife by the road.
From
a parking lot we hike 20 minutes up the Johnston Canyon to the lower
falls, a worthwhile hike. It is still relatively dark in the canyon
as before 9 am the sun is not high enough yet, but we are almost on
our own. On the way back we run across hundreds of people, and the
parking lot that had been almost empty earlier is filled up now,
among others by five buses.
In
Lake Louise we first take the 11 km (7 mi) mountain road up to
Moraine Lake. Unfortunately on the way up the sun disappears behind
grey clouds for the rest of the day.
Moraine Lake
Lake Louise
Down
at Lake Louise we decide to take a little hike to escape the tourist
crowd. In 3.5 km (2.5 mi) distance there is a tee house up at Lake
Agnes. Well, we had imagined that a little different. The trail
constantly leads steeply uphill, and after the first half mile it is
hard to walk. In the last part we struggle with snow and ice
residues. After 95 minutes we quite exhausted arrive at our
destination. Agnes Lake is still frozen over.
Agnes Lake
On
the way down once again it starts raining. For tomorrow the weather
forecast is rain all day. We decide to return to Banff (the
campground in Lake Louise is right next to the railway tracks) and
simply sit tight for a day, because by all means we want to see the
Icefields Parkway to Jasper in nice weather.
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