This past Friday we drove to Hinton (three hours west of Sherwood Park) and stayed the night. Yesterday we drove the Icefields Parkway, returning home last night. It was a magnificent drive, full of dynamic scenery and wildlife. One more item off our bucket list.

Elk

Mountain Sheep

Black Bear

Bald Eagle

We were hoping to see Caribou, Moose, and deer, but no luck.

Talbot Lake. We heard a bull elk bugle from this location

Rocky Mountains

Medicine Lake

Medicine Lake

Maligne Lake (pronounce ma - leen)

Maligne Lake

Maligne Lake

Maligne Lake

Rocky Mountains


Athabasca Falls


Athabasca Falls


Columbia Glacier (a glacier is an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly). This glacier has receded 1.2 miles since 1844.

To the right of Columbia Glacier is the Dome Glacier. Melting snow from this glacier flows into three oceans, north to the Arctic, west to the Pacific, and east to the Atlantic.