Canadian Rockies Day 9 - Mount Edith Cavell

We had another wonderful hike today, walking about 5 ½ miles and climbing over 1600 feet.

We drove up a winding mountain road to the start of the hike up Mount Edith Cavell, with gorgeous views of Angel Glacier.  We stopped along the road to get a neat valley view.

This is a map of the trail.

We took the trail over the moraine to get a neat view of the glacier and lake.

During the hike we heard and saw many small avalanches.

Then we started up the trail to Cavell Meadows.  We got more great views of the glacier and lake.

There was lots of heather in bloom beside the trail.

The meadow was neat with many patches of snow.

We finally decided to turn around instead of taking the loop trail, due to the large amount of slippery snow on the path, which made for very slow going.

On the walk back past the moraine we saw several marmots, including a couple of cute little ones. 

Canadian Rockies Day 8 - Maligne Canyon

After early morning rain we drove to Maligne Canyon.  We started the hike at bridge #5 and walked up the path closest to the canyon.

Water from Medicine Lake drains through an underground cave system and appears as springs along the walls of the canyon.

It was getting close to lunchtime so we only walked as far as bridge #3, then turned back following a higher trail with a great view.  This photo looks downstream to bridge #5.

We found neat lilies along the trail.

After we returned to the cabin it rained again, and then we saw this beautiful rainbow out the window.