Part Five

The Road to Lake Louise via Jasper.

Set off early after breakfast.. A long way to go today - 361 km to be exact!

The journey, of necessity, had to be a quick one. So, any stop was brief and quite a few of the images were through the windscreen, either with an iphone, or the D800 and 16-35mm wide-angle lens.

The road from Blue River to Jasper is where the rolling (BIG) hills turn to the mountains proper! 

The road to Jasper is often long and very, very straight! A few stunning Lakes by the road gave opportunity for a decent break, every now and then. Unusually, a bit of blue showed now and then.... Jasper National Park, you have to buy "Park Passes" to travel through the National Parks of Canada. - Some beautiful scenery along the way.... wish we had time record it properly.... Evidence of the fires that raged for weeks throughout Canada, very frightening, I would imagine, if you were caught up in it all. Majestic, truly majestic scenery - the road to Morraine Lake. Beautiful. Autumn colours just starting to emerge You can imagine what this whole valley is going to look like in a couple of weeks time.... The views from the lake are absolutely stunning... well worth the detour of two or three hours. We had to get to the Campsite at Lake Louise before dark though, so we couldn't hang about for long.

The Icefields Parkway (Highway 93N) runs between Jasper and Lake Louise for 230 km

The "Columbia Icefield" Glacier..... from the place where the camper was in the previous image

There is a huge building on the opposite side of the road to the Glacier which is the "Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre".

The road travels through somme stunning scenery. Some time, we will return and take the time to "record" the scenery properly, give it the respect it's due!

Part 6 coming up.