Left Mosquito creek early in the morning. 7:30 AM. Our second attempt to get to Lake Louise and meet Mark there.
Actually we had agreed to do the hike at Moraine Lake first since it is located at the end of a 10 km mountain road and parking is very limited. Most days the only way to get there is by shuttle bus. We were there at 7:59 - Mark arrived 2 minutes later.
The parking lot was already filling up. We did a lot of photos from the top of the hill right at the start of the trail. To get the reflections in the water - which are impressive. Especially with the sun rising and the lights changing.
We had coffee and did "hike" to the other end of the lake (which is the shortest hike possible in the world). Coffee-latte hiking is OK some mornings though :-) We just missed out on the croissants. We headed back to the now slightly more busy parking lot, left for Lake Louise and realised that just how many cars that were now parked in the roadside. At the end of the access road there was now a barrier and a guy turning cars away. Before 10 in the morning.
The same turned out to be the case at Lake Louise although it has much more room for parking. We headed a bit down the main road and found a parking space and then went to the lake. The lake shore at the hotel looked more like a beach in Southern France - crowded.
We hiked to Lake Agnes - which also turned out to be very busy and on the way down we decided to head a bit away from the main path and finally found a place that was quiet and had a great view over the lake.
Coming back in the afternoon the lake was still busy, the parking lot was still packed and it didn't really fell like any of the other places we've been to in the National park.
Mark headed back towards Calgary, we went to our hostel in Banff. First real shower in 6 days was nice, then off for beer and dinner in town before heading back for a nice sleep in a small 4 person room. No dorm tonight so presumably only our own snoring to listen to. Nice.
Actually we had agreed to do the hike at Moraine Lake first since it is located at the end of a 10 km mountain road and parking is very limited. Most days the only way to get there is by shuttle bus. We were there at 7:59 - Mark arrived 2 minutes later.
The parking lot was already filling up. We did a lot of photos from the top of the hill right at the start of the trail. To get the reflections in the water - which are impressive. Especially with the sun rising and the lights changing.
We had coffee and did "hike" to the other end of the lake (which is the shortest hike possible in the world). Coffee-latte hiking is OK some mornings though :-) We just missed out on the croissants. We headed back to the now slightly more busy parking lot, left for Lake Louise and realised that just how many cars that were now parked in the roadside. At the end of the access road there was now a barrier and a guy turning cars away. Before 10 in the morning.
The same turned out to be the case at Lake Louise although it has much more room for parking. We headed a bit down the main road and found a parking space and then went to the lake. The lake shore at the hotel looked more like a beach in Southern France - crowded.
We hiked to Lake Agnes - which also turned out to be very busy and on the way down we decided to head a bit away from the main path and finally found a place that was quiet and had a great view over the lake.
Coming back in the afternoon the lake was still busy, the parking lot was still packed and it didn't really fell like any of the other places we've been to in the National park.
Mark headed back towards Calgary, we went to our hostel in Banff. First real shower in 6 days was nice, then off for beer and dinner in town before heading back for a nice sleep in a small 4 person room. No dorm tonight so presumably only our own snoring to listen to. Nice.
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