Mountain Views

No matter how many times I go to the mountains, I still get excited when the first glimpse comes in to view.  The only difference is that I no longer press my nose up against the window.  I don't really know why I used to do it.  It didn't get me any closer to the peaks. 

I packed skates, snowshoes and ice cleats.  From the looks of things, it is going to be the cleats that are used.  There is barely any snow.

The plan was to arrive early in Hinton to walk The Beaver Boardwalk.  We did trek through the short trail around the pond.  It looked like it may have suffered from a dry year; only part of it actually had water in it.

There were beautiful graveled trails in addition to 3kms of wooden boardwalk.  They have constructed an observation tower to watch the activity in the beaver pond.  There is also a classroom for school groups to visit.

We found a 2.5km interpretive trail behind the hotel.  It is supposed to have a viewpoint of the valley and the foothills.  That is the first adventure for tomorrow before heading to Jasper.


We had a blue-bird sky today and are hoping for the same tomorrow when we hop on the train for a tour through the mountains.