Fence at the start of the hiking trail.
For scale note the shadow of me in the lower left! It's about 53 meters deep at this location. My shadow is about 1/2 way down!
Ice Falls.
Hanging on tight!
Most of the trail is quite steep. Not a good place for running shoes.
Lots of ice on the trail in spots. The girls turned back just before this when it started to get quite icy.
We came across some trees that had been blown over last fall. These had not been cleared yet.
There are tours that will take you up the frozen river to the falls. Next year I'm there!
I love the coloring in the ice.
As you get towards the 5th bridge, you climb quite a ways above the river. You are pretty much out of the canyon and it gets very steep. Where did the handrails go? Nothing here but a goat path. Good thing my son and I are part Mountain Goat! As you go around the bend behind my son, you descend a fairly steep slope down to the 5th bridge.
Bridge 5 is a suspension bridge and by far the coolest of the bridges. It sways as you walk across it. here you are completely out of the canyon and the walk to bridge 6 is fairly level and kind of boring.
Here the river widens and slows before meeting up with the Athabasca River. As the season progresses, there is more water flowing here.
Absolutely beautiful area - I would love to go there someday. Perhaps when someday arrives, we can go there together - you be the guide.
ReplyDeleteBruce, that is a great idea. If you can make it here this summer, we will be there the last week in July. At least that is the plan! But, I plan to take the kids there every year.
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