Though we live in Canada we often spend our winter vacations getting away from the cold and snow. This year (for obvious reasons) RobO requested a few days in Canmore for his birthday. It’s pretty easy to find joy in the snow when we lucked out with above zero temperatures and sunshiny views.
On the first day we got up early to head to Lake Louise to skate on the lake without the crowds. Mother Nature must have been laughing at us when we arrived to more than a foot of fresh snow, making for impossible skating conditions. No problem for these Olsons – we strapped on our snowshoes and enjoyed an untouched powder route.
We chased the sunshine to Lake Minnewanka and checked the lake skate off the bucket list with unparalleled views and only a handful of other people.
We rounded out the day with a Banff coffee stop and pizza in bed.
Day 2 started off with blue skies. We enjoyed a winter hike at the Nordic Centre and walk along the river. We definitely earned our afternoon massages. Then an evening skate helped us earn our nightcap wine!
We woke up on Rob’s birthday to another pow-day, this time with a bonus bluebird sky. We headed into Kananaskis for an epic snowshoe to Troll Falls.
It was a winter wonderland adventure. It reminds us how lucky we are to live in this great country. Looks like we’ll have a Canadian summer adventure, so that will likely be our next blog.