Our trip started off on Friday morning and leaving Calgary it looked like this:
Good thing my winter tires were already on! And luckily, it cleared up.
First stop was to Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump...Stephan hadn't seen it yet and I knew he had really been wanting to. He enjoyed the museum as much as I did the first time, and I had no problem seeing it a second time. Sadly, the trail at the bottom of the jump was closed due to a cougar being spotted 5 days earlier. I still haven't seen the bottom trail!
Second stop was over to Crowsnest Pass to see Frank Slide and the museum there. I had been before but not into the museum. Stephan hadn't seen it all. Needless to say he was really impressed with the museum, and how big the rock slide actually was. About 90 were killed in the slide.
We also checked out a cemetery in the area where the dead of a mine blast in the early 1900's were buried....189 were killed, Canada's worst mining disaster.
Then we headed into Waterton Lakes National park. We stopped on the way into drive through the Bison paddock where there was a small herd.
We checked into our hotel room, which turned out to be a really small room but it was very quaint and nice...country style with a wood bed and a quilt comforter. It was cozy, and we loved it. We went out for dinner to the only restaurant still open in the park. It was a very nice place, decently priced! We quite enjoyed it.
On Saturday, we went for a few hikes. The first on our list was Red Rock Canyon and Blakiston Falls, both were in the same area.
We stopped through town to check out the view from the Prince of Wales Hotel (very fancy place best view in town!).
Then we headed out to Cameron Lake, where grizzly bears abound at the south end eating in the meadows. We hiked on a trail by the lake, until we came to a sign that told us not to go any further because of the mass amount of grizzly bears in the area (yikes!!)!!
Then we went back to town to explore the town sites, and decided to hang out at the beach for awhile.
We headed out to dinner at the restaurant again where we watched my Habs game (yes, seriously...highlights anways).
Sunday, we decided to climb up Bears Hump...part of a mountain that over looks the trail. I think the climb was about 700m up, and it got steeper as it went. I thought I was going to DIE...and it was MY crazy idea. It was the hardest hike of my life. But the view was totally worth it.
Lastly, we checked out Cameron Falls right in town before heading home!
And that was our trip to Waterton! Sorry it was so long, there was just so much to share. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
It looks like a lovely trip!!
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