- McBride, BC to Calgary, AB via BC-16, AB-16, AB-93, AB-1 (Yellowhead Highway, Icefields Parkway, Trans Canada Highway)
We awoke to rain this morning. As we loaded the truck, the sky looked like this.
A few minutes later, we could see the mountains. In Vancouver they say that if you can see the mountains it's gonna rain, and if you can't, it already is. Might apply to McBride too.
And then there was this.
Mount Robson. This is an amazing mountain, visually stunning, and fully visible from The Yellowhead Highway.
You know what this muddy little stream is? Can you guess?
That's right, it's the headwaters of the mighty, or muddy as the case may be, Fraser River. the best salmon fishing river in the world. Ask me how I know.
Sort of home.
Heading down the Icefields Parkway, there are amazing views in almost every direction. The mountains are stunning!
Mile for mile, pound for pound, dollar for dollar, this is the best scenic drive in the world as far as I am concerned.
Glaciers everywhere, at almost every turn its a new one.
This is the toe of the Columbia Glacier, the biggest one along the route. Those little black specks on the glacier are people. The slightly larger black specks to the back are ice buggies taking people further up the glacier.
The weather changes suddenly up here. I can assure you that there are amazingly beautiful mountains behind that rain.
When the sky cleared, we found ourselves at the Bow Glacier. It has this amazing waterfall at the front which feeds into Bow Lake, and ultimately into the Bow River.
Another shot of the Bow Glacier, a bit closer up this time.
Out of Banff and past Canmore. We are headed home!
Cochrane looks much the same as we left it, cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
Now, witness the power of this fully operational battle station... er... elevator.
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