Google Earth measurements (straight line between locations)
Distance from Vancouver: 591 km
Distance from Kingston: 2973 km
Today was my birthday and we celebrated by going up the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain! The gondola ride was lots of fun and the view from the top was really great! We got to see all the surrounding mountains and also the town of Banff from above. Banff is a National Park and we had to get a park pass to get into the town and the gondola. The town of Banff is a lot like Whistler, but a bit bigger I think. For dinner, we went to a french restaurant, Chez Francois, in Canmore. I had more tasty Alberta beef, yum! Laura had an amazing piece of salmon topped with scallop mousse and hollandaise sauce.
Also, someone told us that the mysterious animal in the last blog was a marmot. It seems likely!
Entrance/Toll Booth for Banff National Park
The Starbucks in the Gondola terminal had a giant stuffed bear
and significantly higher prices.
and significantly higher prices.
A view of the gondolas from above.
Looking towards Vancouver from the top.
Town of Banff from the top of Sulphur Mountain.
We did not see nor feed any mountain goats.
This vehicle was for tours to the Columbia Icefields, but it was a
9 hour trip so we left it for another visit to Banff.
9 hour trip so we left it for another visit to Banff.
Now, a message from Laura:
Is this pen stating a political message?
Nope! It is our hotel pen!
That can't be a marmot, it looks nothing like MukMuk. I mean, where was its Vancouver 2010 tuque?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it's the same gondola, but did you end up walking from peak to peak to that little shack on top of the other mountain? Or do you have no idea what I'm talking about?
We didn't walk to the other peak (Sanson Mountain or something like that) this time. I did the walk the last time I went to Banff and I remembered that there wasn't really anything special over there! The only thing you can't see from Sulphur Mountain is the part that is behind Sanson Mountain.
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