the second leg of our journey took us from kaslo to golden, jasper and grande prairie. our usual habit is to travel up highway 1, the transcanada and head north just before lake louise via the banff-jasper parkway. it is usually a winter trip and often we feel we have the parkway to ourselves as it ices over in many areas which, no doubt, discourages many drivers. this year however we were travelling in the fall, for the first time, and are glad for it as the leaves are turning to their autumn colours and we often followed a ribbon of gold as we zipped along the road.
this is our 20th or is it 30th trip up the parkway and we never tire of its wonders. here are some random shots taken through the sunroof of the car or side window.
a bit of trivia:
the two segments of our holiday: « kootenay bound » and « mountain highway » totalled 3,300 kilometres and include some of the highest passes in canada:
| Mountain Passes | ||
| Bow pass Sunwapta pass Kicking Horse pass Roger’s Pass Allison Pass Sunday Summitt Blueberry-Paulson Summit Anarchist Summit Nancy Greene Summit Surrey Lake Summit Coquihalla Pass |
2.088m 2.035m 1.643m 1327m 1342m 1282m 1535m 1236m 1575m 1444m 1244m |
Banff-Jasper Parkway Banff-Jasper Parkway Yoho National Park Glacier National Park Manning Provincial Park East of Manning Provincial Park Christina Lake to Castlegar East of Osoyoos Christina Lake to Rossland North of Merritt Highway 5, 60 km from Hope |
