Sunday, February 24, 2013

Canadian Rockies Day 6


Day 6 8/16/12 – Another gondola ride, Lake Edith, Lake Annette, Lake Beaufert

We got tired of eating overpriced and not too delicious lunch…so we made our own!


Walking along Lake Edith, with the golf course (hehe) in the background:


We took a gondola to the top of Whistler Mountain, where the air was clean and crisp. We passed by many a European family with kids aged 8-12 who were hiking along at quite a brisk pace. We also met older couples doing the rather strenuous hike also. There was a couple from Nepal (?) with two little kidlets and a third strapped to a hiking backpack. They zipped up the slope like they were just out for a stroll! We decided that it’s just a cultural difference (the altitude training also helps). But we were really happy mom and dad were able to do the hike also. Of course, once they got started dad and Bipin Uncle didn’t want to stop – they climbed to the top of this boulder on the way!


The view was quite nice from the top. Here’s the Jasper “J”


And after a long hike, who wouldn’t want to splash around Lake Beaufert’s crystal clear, zero degree water??






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