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| The road from Lake Louise to the Icefields Explorer |
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| The road from above |
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| Tricia on ice - as thick as the Eiffel Tower is tall! Glacial ice is the result of densely packed snow rather than freezing water. |
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| Mountains to the South east |
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| It snowed during our glacier walk |
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| A small stream of icy water flowed the length of the glacier. There were small pieces of volcanic ash in the water that had found their way to the glacier by air. |
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| Very cold water |
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| This is not the Penguin Plunge! |
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| Mountains to the west |
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| Modern transportation |
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| Glacier tourism circa 1950 |
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| Edge of the glacier (standing on a moraine). Each year the glacier makes a new "terminal moraine" which shows how long it became, as the lateral moraines build up on the sides. Under these moraines are even more ice! |
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| Mt. Snowdome, so named as the peak is covered in snow year-round. |
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| View from the tourism center patio |
Thursday, July 21st
The Columbia Icefields covers 325 km^2 and stretches from Banff to Jasper. It consists of 8 major glaciers including the Athabasca Glacier, which we visited. Google image search 'Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada'
oh my goodness I love me some glaciers and penguin plunges! AND volcanic ash!!
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