This was last weekend, at Bow Lake on the Icefields Parkway. So cold and windy that even the ravens were just sitting tucked against the ground, their beaks towards the wind. Though it didn’t stop them from hanging out in parking spots hoping for handouts from tourists.
There was a lot of snow on the ground, and the road was icy – a long way from the conditions in our valley, where it really hasn’t been snowing much, and is continuing to be suspiciously warm for this time of the year.
Where can you see squirrels?
Only in Canmore
Come to Canmore we’ve got squirrels
Where can you see cougars?
Only in Canmore
Got squirrels and cougars only in Canmore
Forget Kenya
Caaanmoooore
Oh Canmooore
Where the grizzlies are
And the mule deer
Canmore Canmore Canmore Caanmoooore
Canmore we’re going to Canmore
Can ya believe it
(Anyone who is confused by this, you can go here for some sort of explanation. If you are still confused, best not to worry about it.)
I’ll take Places With Snow On Them for 800 thanks Alex.
Approaching: Halloween, moving house, the ski hill opening, ice climbing season, pulling on plastic in the bouldering gym, back country ski trips, frozen lakes, temperatures in the minus 20s, Christmas.
Fast becoming distant memories: Visiting Australia, riding the single trail after work, rock climbing after work, daylight from 5.30am til 11pm, squirrels, calling out so bears wouldn’t eat me, scrambling up mountains, jumping into lakes.
“One cam can’t hold us all. You have to cut me loose… “
Seeing spindrift always reminds me of that classic climbing movie, Vertical Limit.
“Spindrift coming off the top.”
“That’s local. If something was coming in, it’d show on the other peaks.”
…
“I’m not gonna risk a storm. Not at 26,000.”
There’s not much point to this post other than to show off our mountains. They are becoming increasingly snow-covered. Come November I’ll probably be moving to the dark side of the valley (up underneath thum thare snowy mountains), so you’ll get to see more of the other mountains – won’t that be exciting?
I should be asleep – can this possibly still be jet-lag or has it crossed the boundary into random insomnia?
