Tag Archives: Banff National Park

Banff, Canada: walking on water

Posted on February 28, 2018 by BarryH

I’m back home now but still reminiscing about the trip to Banff. It was comparatively mild compared to previous winters when we have been there, afternoon temperatures getting up to a toasty -50C though much colder overnight and most days … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife, Winter | Tagged 40 Mile Creek, Banff, Banff National Park, Bow River, Canada, canadian rockies, Cave and Basin, cougar, frozen river, hot springs, Lynx, river ice, snow, snow tracks | Leave a comment

Banff, Canada: The Hoodoos Trail

Posted on January 21, 2018 by BarryH

Though skiing has been the main focus of my visits to the Canadian Rockies since I first came for Christmas 2010 they have always been about more than that. Especially so since I invested in a pair of ice cleats … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife, Winter | Tagged Banff, Banff National Park, Bow Falls, Bow Falls-Hoodoos Trail, Bow River, Canada, cougar, Hoodoos, Mount Rundle, Winter trekking | 1 Comment

Canadian Rockies: fiery peaks and blue sky farewell

Posted on February 5, 2015 by BarryH

I’m back in Grey Britain now having bid a nostalgic “au revoir” to Banff and the Rockies. It was not sunny the whole time I was there, thankfully now and again clouds moved over from the west and dropped snow … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Landscape, Mountains, Photography, Winter | Tagged Banff, Banff National Park, Canada, canadian rockies, Cascade Mountain, Massive Range, mountain peaks, snow, sunrise | 5 Comments

Canadian Rockies: walking slightly nervously on the wild side.

Posted on January 29, 2015 by BarryH

Almost at the end of my stay in Canada, on the last of my days off from skiing, I set out to trek along the Bow River to the Hoodoos, thin pinnacles eroded in soft sedimentary rock. It was 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife, Winter | Tagged Alaskan Malmute, banff canada, Banff National Park, Bow Falls, Bow River, Canada, cougar, coyote, elk, Hoodoos, Hoodoos Trail, ice, photography, Rundle Mountain, trails, Tunnel Mountain, Tunnel Mountain Drive, wapiti, wildlife, wolf | 1 Comment

Canadian Rockies: Snowshoes and maple taffy

Posted on January 10, 2015 by BarryH

I have always loved walking in the snow despite having to put up with what I now know is Reynaud’s Phenomenon, painfully cold hands with ‘White Finger’ even in summer. I used to go walking in the Derbyshire Peak District … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature | Tagged Banff National Park, British Columbia, Canada, canadian rockies, Derbyshire Peak District, Discover Banff Tours, Kootenay National Park, maple syrup, Maple Taffy, Marble Canyon, Parks Canada, snow, snowshoes, Tokumm Creek, Tokumm Creek fire | Leave a comment

Canadian Rockies: A very different walk

Posted on January 7, 2015 by BarryH

Warning: this is long and may get very boring The RCMP officer was polite but firm. I was on the wrong side of the tracks and I couldn’t cross. The road was closed and so was the trail which at … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Winter | Tagged 40 Mile Creek, Banff, Banff National Park, bears, Bow River, Canada, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific, canadian rockies, Christmas crazies, environmental monitoring, fly ash, long trains, Parks Canada, RCMP, skiing, train derailment | Leave a comment

Canadian Rockies: history, bio-engineering and a strange world of ice and steam

Posted on February 12, 2014 by BarryH

The principle legacies of what is now known as ‘The Cave and Basin’, the location of the original Banff thermal springs, are not insignificant. They include the town of Banff itself, Banff National Park, and the other 42 National Parks … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Mountains, Nature, Wildlife, Winter | Tagged banff canada, Banff longnose dace, Banff National Park, Banff Springs Snail, bio-engineering, Cave and Basin, hoar frost, hoarfrost, species extinction | 1 Comment

Canadian Rockies: a walk along the Bow River at Banff

Posted on January 25, 2014 by BarryH

Thursday was another day off skiing. I don’t have the stamina or the lift pass to ski every day. I took my skis in for a service – sharpen the edges and wax – and set out to follow a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff, banff canada, Banff Hot Springs, Banff National Park, Bow Falls, Bow River, Canada, Cascade Mountain, Cave and Basin, Mount Edith, Mount Rundle | 2 Comments

Banff: a Canadian Rockies town in Winter

Posted on February 1, 2013 by BarryH

Apologies for the blog-free zone. I’ve been in Whistler since Saturday, skiing every day on either or both of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. But I’ll come to those another time. I couldn’t leave Banff behind without giving some impressions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff Avenue, Banff Avenue Brehouse, banff canada, Banff National Park, Barpa Bill's, Bow River, Canadian Railways, Canadian Red Squirrel, Castle Mountain, ice climbing, ice sculpture, Mount Rundle, raven, The Keg in the Caribou, trains, Trans Canada Highway, Vermillion Lakes, whistler and blackcomb | 1 Comment

Rockies Rambling around Banff

Posted on January 21, 2013 by BarryH

Though the sight of the deer carcass on the frozen river was a sobering reminder that the Canadian Rockies are not just picturesque and benign but are nature in the raw (the previous blog post), Thursday’s rambling along the Bow … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Mountains, Winter | Tagged Banff, Banff National Park, Bow Falls, Bow River, Cascade Mountain, Fairholme Range, Mount Rundle, river ice, Spray River, sulphur mountain, Tunnel Mountain | Leave a comment