Day 3 Banff

25th May

Crossing the bridge over the Bow river.

The Bow river.

The Bow river bank walk.

We were were directed down a side path to short detour where we could see some semi-domestic Elk.

The Rimrock hotel from the banks of the Bow river.

The Bow river waterfall.

At the top left of the photo is Colleen waiting for me to return from photographing the waterfall.

The view from our hotel room. Yesterday's snow has all gone.

Day 4 Lake Louise

26th May

These bridges are not for vehicles or people. Because the motorway cut through migration paths the bridges are for animals to safely cross the motoway.

One of our stops during the day.

The remains of an avalanche at Emerald Lake. And the lake.

Canadian wildlife.

The view from our room at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.

Lake Louise.

A view of the hotel from our walk along the lake.

Day 5 Athabasca

27th May

This is Bow Lake, the Headwaters of the Bow river.

On the way to the Columbia Icefield Centre we saw this black bear.

Our destination, the Columbia Glacier.

Driving down the steep side on to the glacier in a specially designed bus.

The bus in which we came down to the glacier.

Columbia glacier.

The parking area for the busses on the glacier.

A boundry marker. The ice beyond is unstable.

The steep road down to the glacier.

A view of the Rockies.

Day 6 Heli Tour

28th May

The Rockies taken from the bus as we headed back to Banff.

Another bridge for animals to safely cross the motoway.

In Banff we took the gondola ride to the summit of Sulpher Mountain. This is a view of Banff.

In the centre of this photo is the hotel where we stayed in Banff.

We walked from our hotel across the bridge on the left and then down to Bow waterfall, visible above the Rimrock hotel on the right. On the way back we crossed over on the footbridge to the right of the main bridge.

The Bow river down stream of the waterfall.

Banff Hoodoos.

This is the helicopter in which we took our tour of the Rockies.

Photos from the tour.

Coming in to land.

Day 7 Calgary

29th May

The tour is over and we are on our own looking round Calgary. This is the Calgary Tower.

The viewing platform of the tower. The bit projecting has a glass floor.

Views from the tower.

This is the projecting bit with glass floor. I had to stand on the joints not the glass!

The view through the glass floor.

The Rocky mountains from the tower.

After lunch we rode the light rail. Stopping at 'University' as Beverly did a course here.

Day 7 Flight home

30th May

Flying over the Rockies after leaving Calgary.

A view from our Westjet flight. Heading to L.A.