This morning I went for a pre-breakfast ride.  Heading East from the RV, I soon climbed 200 vertical feet to cross Sunwapta Pass, then descended 1,800 vertical feet on the far side.  Great biking scenery was had throughout:

Of course I had to climb those 1,800 feet back up to the pass, then descended back to the RV.  I was ready for breakfast by the time I got back to the RV!

After breakfast, we hiked cross-country towards the Athabasca Glacier:

As we approached the toe of the glacier, we could see that it was covered in glacial debris:

We hiked up onto the glacier for a bit:

The higher we went, the cleaner and more slippery the glacier became:

We carefully climbed down:

Next we drove East to cross over Bow Summit.  We hiked out to an overlook for Peyto Lake:

The glacial runoff that feeds this lake is rich with silt that gives the lake its turquoise color:

After Peyto Lake, we continued East out of the park to arrive in Calgary.  We’re overnighting in Calgary in the Jewish community tonight and tomorrow night for Tisha B’Av.  See the trip map for driving details and our current location.