As I browsed through my canyon photos today, I kept returning to those of the frozen ice falls. Each brought me back to the time spent there.  I could have spent the entire time looking at all the different formations and colors.  Some of them were white as the snow.  Some of them were different shades of blue/green.  Other formations were light brown in color.  
 
There were different thicknesses of ice.  Some of the 'icicles' were solid while others were crystallizing from water seeping over/under them.  Some of the ice was so clear and thin that you could see through it like a pane of glass.


When all was quiet, I could hear water trickling from the canyon walls.  That, combined with the sound of the birds in the forest, would have made for a great relaxation recording.

The large ice wall that the climbers were traversing, was beginning to deteriorate at one end.  Water was dripping from the mid-section.  The icicles that were melting were becoming clear in color as they melted.

Our group consisted of people from Australia and Belgium.  The Canadians in the group were from Saskatoon, Victoria and Calgary.  I was the only person from the group that had been on a Maligne Canyon Ice Walk before.  Even so, I was just as mesmerized with the ice formations as the other participants.  That is one tour that you can take year after year and not see the same things.  The sound of the trickling water will not change but the seasonal temperatures determine the formation of the ice walls and they will be different each winter.

2014

2013

I was in Maligne Canyon last year and stood beside Bridal Veil Falls.  It was not frozen at that time.  This year, due to the temperatures dipping to the -30Cs last week, a layer of ice had formed on that wall as well.  I think it added to the beauty of the trickling water.  As the morning sun shone on the ice, it sparkled like diamonds.

From the comments heard as the other participants chatted on the bus, the experience is something that they will remember for a long while.  The scenery, the sounds, the pristine landscape contributed to a very relaxing and memorable morning.

Someone got creative with some ice blocks.