It was a beautiful sunny but cool morning so we went off for a run around the outskirts of Canmore. The scenery here is stunning and there is a vast network of trails some a bit hilly but we are in a mountainous regionAfter coffee and toast we went back to Banff to Lake Minnewanka for a boat cruise, only because we had some free tickets. The lake was vast and the scenery was beautiful but no more spectacular than a lot of the other lakes and although the comment...

Another cold morning and we planned to go up the Lake Louise ski lift today, apparently grizzly bears are spotted there most days. It's our last chance to see a bear. Low cloud was hanging around so we didn't rush and got to the lift just after 9am. You could choose a chairlift or gondola ride so we chose the chairlift so we could get those iconic photos of the bears, but no bears were seen . The views of the mountain peaks from the top looked amazing as...