Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Banff: Lake Louise - Plain of Six Glaciers Hike

Starting at beautiful Lake Louise, we hiked an incredible 10 miles on the Plain of Six Glaciers Trail, with a little extra to Mirror Lake on the return.
About 3.5 miles into the hike we came upon the Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House. They serve sandwiches, hot beverages and home made chocolate cake - all prepared without electricity or refrigeration. They have propane ovens and stoves- and that's it. The folks who work there, live there five days at a time. They bring all the food up on pack horses.
Here we are at Mirror Lake. The sun wasn't really in the right place for the lake to be a mirror - but it was pretty anyway...