Being one with Nature

A little while back while my friend Alex was visiting Alberta, we decided to go on a little hike. I've already done the whole Banff, Lake Louise, and Johston's Canyon thing in the past, so this time I wanted to see some new sights. I bought this hiking

g book while I was still in Ontario. It was full of a bunch of hikes, scenic drives and scenic bike routes. Alex and I both like to hike so we decided to choose a "demanding" 3 -4 hour hike. Our first adventure was to hike Agnes Trail.

Agnes Trail is located by the Chateau Lake Louise. It's a rather steep hike and you gain an elevation of up to 1260 ft. While hiking up that trail it was neat to see the sudden change in climate. It went from no snow, to a bit with ice, to HUGE patches of ice, to frozen lakes to skate on with little mini avalanches in the distance! Like I said, kinda neat!

As we walked a little further up, we met a family which told us that a partial bit of the trail was closed for the season...but we decided to continue to hike it anyways. You know, just to see how far we could go. I guess this was our half-way point. Look at how blue Lake Louise looks!


Along the trail we passed Mirror Lake which was completely frozen and we saw people skating there. As well, I can never resist the temptation to take silly photos. This is me trying to get a photo of me jumping in the air off this stump. Instead it looks like I'm doing kung fu. Meh, why not?


















Walk a little higher and we finally get to Lake Agnes. From there we saw a mini frozen waterfall which I assume helps trickle water into Lake Louise or a near-by creek of some sort. Being as adventurous as we are, we walked into the middle of the waterfall, being careful to step on stable rocks, and took this magnificent photo. In the distance, if you really squint, you can see the Chateau Lake Louise. Look how high we are!










The majority of Lake Agnes was frozen. But trust me the photo doesn't really do a good job in capturing it's grandeur.



















Alex was a champ and decided to brave the icy trail and hike up the BeeHive. Although, at the time we didn't know he was hiking up that path. Glad he didn't die. But he did get some amazing shots of the view from the top.











This is definitely going to be a hike I will do in the summer. I want those awesome aerial pictures!

Final Thought: Whenever you get a chance to take a silly photo. Do it!