In June 2017, my wife and I took advantage of Canada's Discovery Pass and visited four national parks in the Canadian Rockies while they were free. We hiked miles and miles through the mountains and forests to beautiful lakes and amazing vistas that give a literal meaning to the age old expression of taking your breath away.
It's been a long, cold winter and this is about the time when major wanderlust starts setting in. Here's a photographic journey of some of my favorite spots in Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks to perhaps inspire your next adventure, or at the very least, feed the extremely contagious wanderlust bug :)
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View of Moraine Lake from the Rock Pile.
One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. |
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Hiking through Larch Valley, surrounded by the ten majestic peaks far above Moraine Lake
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Sun setting on this beautiful mountain stream heading down
from Larch Valley towards Moraine Lake |
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Hiking along Lake Louise in Banff National Park
when an amazing hole in the clouds opened directly above the lake. |
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| Morant's Curve, just outside of Lake Louise |
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| Doing some extremely primitive hiking in Sunshine Meadows, part of Banff National Park |
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| Off the trail in Johnston Canyon |
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| Upper Falls in Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park |
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Hiking through an avalanche field
on the Plane of Six Glaciers trail.
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The Plane of Six Glaciers tea house. A couple miles up in to the mountains.
Great food and hot tea was a welcome sight and a much needed break. There was just something cool about eating here in this incredible remote location
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On the way to Consolation Lake in Banff.
Surrounded by pristine majestic scenery in all directions. |
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A viewpoint far above Peyto Lake.
One of the many stops on the Icefield Parkway
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| Near Cirque Lake and miles away from civilization |
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| The Valley of the Five Lakes. A simply stunning hike in Jasper National Park |
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Spirit Island on Jasper's Maligne Lake.
One of the most photographed places in all of Canada. |
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| Athabasca Falls, Jasper NP |
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| This little slot canyon was formed where the river once rushed through and molded the rocks. |
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| A glacially fed river. This viewpoint was a few minutes hike from Athabasca Falls |
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| Valley of the Five Lakes, minutes after a thunderstorm rolled through |
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The red chairs are placed in some of the most scenic places in the national parks.
It's always a treat discovering them!
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| Huge bull elk outside of Jasper just feet off the road. |
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| Hiking up to Wilcox Pass. Nice viewpoint of the Athabasca Glacier |
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| It's like another world. |
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| View from Wilcox Pass |
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Getting up close and personal with the local wildlife in Jasper.
This is right by Medicine Lake |
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Mount Robson Provincial Park.
This is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies and a stunning day trip from Jasper |
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| At the trail head below Mount Robson |
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| Marble Canyon in Kootenay National Park |
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Amazing colors in Kootenay's Marble Canyon
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| Remnants of a major forest fire in Kootenay National Park |
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| Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park |
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| Emerald Lake with a peak of blue sky |
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If it were up to my, these chairs would have been facing the epic Takakkaw Falls |
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| Hiking towards the base of Takakkaw Falls |
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| Just below Takakkaw Falls in Yoho |
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| Sunset from the Yoho Valley Road |
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| The Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park |
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