Banff hikes

After a long hiatus I spent some time hiking in Banff at the very end of August.  This being the mountains and Canada, yes, we got snowed on - but that was on a climb at over 10,000 feet.  And it was still beautiful.   

The rest of my hikes were lower down, and the weather was stellar.  The whole trip was a fabulous reminder of what a great place the Rockies are.  If you haven't been, all I can say is this - go.   

The picture is of Lake Louise, taken on my last morning there.  The day before I had hiked out to the glacier at the far end of the picture.  I even got lucky (or unlucky, depending on your perspective) by running into a grizzly bear.  He cared much more about the marmots he was hunting than about me, so fortunately no problems there.  The Canadian wilderness at its finest!