11th September 2025 I woke that morning up in the City Campground and was impressed of the Light. As I started, the clouds have been low, with the burnt skeletons of trees from past wildfires still stark against the pale light. The trailhead rustled: dry needles and talus. The air was crisp. I set out […]
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September 9th, 2025 The road into Waterton was already a journey into another world. Long before I reached the park gates, the mountains appeared suddenly, rising out of the prairie like a wall. Their abruptness always surprises me: flat golden grassland stretches for miles, and then, without transition, the peaks of Sofa Mountain, Vimy Peak,
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7 September 2025 – Hodoo Trail & Spray Lakes West I drove to the Hodoo Trail self-interpretive path in Banff and walked past the second Hodoo Viewpoint, pushing farther than planned. The air was hazy—smoke drifting from wildfires in BC, Idaho, and Washington—not crystal clear like I’d hoped. The river valley opened up, and across
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On the morning of September 4, 2025, I took the shuttle bus up to Moraine Lake, deep in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. The lake greeted me with its unforgettable turquoise waters, framed by sheer walls of stone and ice. To start the day, I walked the short Rockpile Trail. After about 250 meter
This morning, starting from the parking area by Highway 1, the trail immediately led me into a gentle but steady ascent through dense fir forest. For the first 1.4 km, the trees closed in around me, their shade offering a cool respite—even if the day would soon warm considerably. Through intermittent clearings I likely glimpsed
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September 1, 2025 – The morning air carried a crisp clarity as I set out on my 18 km journey from the parking lot, embarking on the Twin Falls loop in Yoho National Park. The trail rose over 771 meters, but the enchantment along the way made every step a passage through wonder. Almost immediately,
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On the morning of August 30th, 2025, at exactly ten o’clock, I set out on one of the most rewarding hikes in the Canadian Rockies: the Plain of Six Glaciers Trail at Lake Louise. The trail stretches over 13.8 kilometers with an elevation gain of 591 meters, and it truly feels like a journey through
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When I set out from the turquoise waters of Lake Louise on this late August day, the air was still cool and fresh, and the peaks that tower above the valley seemed to shimmer in the early sunlight. The path began immediately with a steady uphill climb through the dense forest, and although the ascent
My day along the Icefields Parkway reads like a love letter to the Rockies—every turn, trail, and turquoise lake etched in my memory. Let me transport this back to those moments, weaving in some stories behind the mountains and the lake that stole my heart. Just a few km from the Beauty Creek, I stopped
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I began my day at the end of the Maligne Lake road, stepping onto the fire road trailhead that lead me upward through the quiet lodgepole pine forest. The first 2.5 km were shrouded in shade—no vistas, just the peaceful hush of the woods, a gentle reminder that beauty often waits patiently behind layers of
