A Week in The Canadian Rockies

Our last day of volunteering at Farragut State Park was Saturday, September 2, so we scheduled a week at a time-share condo in Panorama near Invermere, British Columbia, for the week of September 3rd. Panorama is located on the west side of the Canadian Rockies.

 

There are four Canadian National Parks in the Canadian Rockies UNESCO World Heritage Site. The four national parks included are Banff, Jasper, Yoho, and Kootenay. We also visited two additional Canadian National Parks, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier (not to be confused with the US Glacier National Park or the Canadian Waterton Lakes National Park, both of which we visited in July).

 

As an added bonus, since 2017 is the 150th anniversary of Canada's birth, all the national parks are free to the public.  

Our Home Base - Panorama Ski Resort

Two Bedroom and Two Bath Unit

Kootenay National Park

Day Trip to Kootenay NP
Stop at Numa Creek 

Bridge Along Paint Pots Hike

The iron-rich mineral springs stain the
surrounding earth red.

One of the three Paint Pots
emerald green pools.

Marble Canyon Trail

Water Cascades Through Narrow
Limestone Marble Canyon

Criss-cross the Narrow Gorge
along Marble Canyon Trail

Sighting of a Mother Moose and
Calf on our Drive "Home"

Yoho National Park

Natural Bridge

Kicking Horse River Cascades
Under the Natural Bridge

Hike to Takakkaw Falls
Takakkaw means "It is Magnificent"
in the Cree Language.

The 840 foot falls is
feed by a massive ice field.

Cave and Basin National

Historic Site in

Banff, Alberta

Visitor Center of Canada's
First National Park,
Born in 1885

Underground Cave and Hot Spring

Outdoor Hot Spring

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Banff National Park

We took this exceptional hike in 2003 while
camping here.

Rather than hiking along the rim of
the canyon, a catwalk leads through the
depths of Johnston Canyon.

Johnston Canyon Lower Falls are accessed
through a narrow rock tunnel at the
end of the trail.

Mount Revelstoke National Park

Giant Cedars Nature Trail through
the Cedar-Hemlock Forest

Nels Nelson Historic Ski Jump
at the Base of Mount Revelstoke  

In February 1916, Nels Nelsen broke the
world record by jumping 183 feet
on the Revelstoke ski jump.

We followed a paved road to the
historic fire lookout at the
summit of Mount Revelstoke.

Numerous forest fires burn
throughout drought ravaged
British Columbia.