Daily Miles: 22 Total Miles: 322 We both managed to sleep through our alarms this morning, so we got a bit later start than we had planned. We still made it out on the trail by 6:30am, before any of the other campers were awake. The morning was … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 10 Total Miles: 300 Today felt like a really long day. Things that happened just this morning, already feel like they happened several days ago. We slept surprisingly well given all the noise from the Trans-Canada Highway that we … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 12 Total Miles: 290 Today was a pretty fun day. We got on the trail by 7:30am and we had a bit of a climb right away. As we came to a meadow on top, we heard a lot of bell noises...almost like a giant wind chime. We figured it was a … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 14 Total Miles: 278 We decided we would sleep in today since we are on a relaxed pace until Lake Louise. We got up around 7:15am and were on the trail just after 8am. It had rained overnight, but the rain was over by the morning. The … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 17 Total Miles: 264 We ended up staying in Banff an extra day because of the fire closure. The evening before we were set to head out, we saw that more miles of the GDT had been closed due to the wildfire and that the GDTA has no … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 2 Total Miles: 247 We decided to sleep in today since we planned for a shorter day (even though we weren’t totally sure just how short it would be). It had rained some overnight, but once again we woke up to blue skies. We headed out … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 245 This morning started out with a beautiful walk above Marvel Lake. We walked the length of the lake and enjoyed views of its amazingly turquoise blue water. The trail started to climb more steeply as we made our way … [Read more...]