Sunday, August 12, 2023 The morning begins शांत and clear in Wengen. The air is fresh, almost transparent, and a soft light rests over the rooftops, promising an extraordinary day. We set out early—my sister-in-law Basia, her daughter Anja, my wife Hania, our son Simon, and I. The inexpensive ticket we managed to secure feels […]
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Today, the 16th of September 2025, I set out from Sun Point at St. Mary Lake, to Virginia Falls in Glacier National Park. After a full day of rain yesterday, the air still carried a trace of dampness, and the morning began beneath a ceiling of clouds. Yet, as the hours passed, the light shifted
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13 September 2025 The morning air in Waterton carried the crispness of early autumn as I set off along the Rowe Creek Trail toward the lakes. The path rose steeply at once, climbing through the blackened trunks of a burnt forest. Charred stems stood like solemn reminders of fire, but between them tender green shoots
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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