O.k.. so yesterday our mate Kelly, from the Pump and Tap Tavern (one of the locals we drink with every night) took us up to Lake louise for some Hiking… It was so beautiful up there, walking across the lake then around the side of the mountains…. you could hear the huge sound of avalanches echoing off the mountain walls, every couple of mins, however they were a long way off, we came to a part of the track where a huge avalanche had ripped down trees and settled just across the track where we were walking, we stopped to take photos of it then carried on, just as we were about to head up a small incline we heard an almighty rumble and a moderate size Avalanche came over the brow and headed right for us, we all turned and bolted back down the track to Safety, it was amazing to watch.. even a small amount of snow can still topple small pine trees, hate to think what it would do to my legs! so the track was pretty much covered and un passable and Kelly thought it would be safer to turn back and try a different walk track (one that didn’t go right through high avalanche risk areas) lucky we did turn back because a few min later we heard yet another Avalanche, this one was huge went on for about 40sec to a min.. and so loud.. if we had carried on we would be stuck under several meters of hard pack snow!! what a rush!! they are amazing to watch and the sound is incredible! after our narrow escape from death 😉 Kelly offered to drive us up the road about 120km to the Athabasca Glacier.. one of the Largest Glaciers in North America, the road up there was worth the trip on its own! the scenery was so Amazing it was Breathtaking! I can’t begin to describe the feeling you get when surrounded by something of the magnitude of those mountains! when we got to the Glacier we had about a 2km walk up to the ice flow, it was hard going.. no real track and in some places you would sink a couple of feet into the soft snow! but it was great fun and we eventually made it, took some photos and walked back again! then started our 188km Drive back to the Pub.. er.. I mean Banf for a good nights sleep!! 😉