Hawaii? You thought we were in Canada and now I am writing a post titled „Hawaii“? You are not mistaken. We are in Canada indeed, to be precise in Valemount in East Central British Columbia between the Rocky, Monashee, and Cariboo Mountains. About half an hour outside of the town of Valemount there is a…
Author: wanderlust
Valemount
We left Alberta and drove into British Columbia. Doing so we crossed the time zone and gained another hour. We followed Highway 16, the Trans- Canada- Highway, until we reached Highway 5 going South. First stop was the Mount Robson Visitor Centre in order to get some information about the area and the hikes we…
Jasper National Park
Once again we started early. The time difference to home is still helping us to get up at dawn. So getting up early is not difficult at all. We wanted to visit Maligne Canyon and Maligne Lake. As parking is limited in these areas we wanted to beat the crowds by arriving early. The Maligne…
Icefields Parkway (heading to Jasper)
It pays getting up early. We left the lodge at six in the morning and it was still raining but just half an hour later the sun started to come through. Just minutes from the lodge we saw a couple of beautiful moose grazing in the early morning light. As we had already done the…
Icefield Parkway (from Banff)
It had rained over night and when we got up very early it was still pouring down. We decided to give it a try and drove into the Icefield Parkway. The roads were empty and we enjoyed the peace and quiet at the sightseeing spots we went to. It was not until a few hours…
Banff and Yoho National Park
We left Calgary early in the morning and stocked up on groceries and gas before we headed for the Trans Canada Highway 1. This “provincial highway system […] travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast.” (Wikipedia) The next few days we would explore the famous…
Horseshoe Canyon and Hoodoos
This morning we drove towards the North East of Calgary through flat country side with roads that have been planned on the drawing board. You basically drive for half and hour then you make a 90 degree turn and drive for another hour. Every square meter of this land seems to be farmed. The view…
Calgary
We started our road trip across the Canadian West in Calgary. As we had arrived late afternoon and tired after the long flight all we did on our first day on Canadian soil was check into the hotel and then head for a supermarket for some groceries. Then we called it an early night. The…
Garmisch Partenkirchen- Höllentalklamm
Highlight of our trip to Garmisch was the hike through the Höllentalklamm to Höllentalangerhütte and back via Stangensteig to Hammersbach. As the weather was not stable we were afraid that we would have to leave Garmisch without having done the hike that we had dreamed about for years now. But the weather turned out to…
Garmisch Partenkirchen- Tannenhütte
This morning I woke up stiff and sore from the previous days hike. So doing a long walk was not in the cards that day. We decided to take it easy and opted for a leisurely stroll up to Tannenhütte (formerly Gamshütte). There are several trails to get to the hut and we decided to…