Rowe Lakes is a fabulous hike in Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada). This hike will take you to three beautiful alpine lakes in amidst spectacular views of the Canadian Rockies on the north side of Mount Rowe. The lower lake is quite easy to reach and great if you want a mini adventure. To get to the upper lakes is more of a slog with plenty of switchbacks (especially on a hot day). But the views are spectacular and…
Bertha Lake is a relatively easy to reach alpine lake close to Waterton Park (in Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada.) We visited on a gloomy day, yet the colours of the lake were still amazing; The mix of turquoise glacial water and ruby coloured argillite rocks made it look like various shades of gemstones. The far end of the lake is dominated by an enormous limestone cliff between Mount Richards (south) and Mount Alderson (to the northwest). This is a…
Back in September, Marc and I did our first ever Vancouver to Banff Road Trip, and we had a blast! Distances within Canada are massive; So even though we were mostly driving across the bottom of one province (British Columbia), to the corner of another (Alberta), it was over 9 hours at the wheel! I was expecting the drive to feel long and exhausting, but there are soooo many pretty mountains, that we both really enjoyed it. Marc did the…