Banff in the Winter

Recently I joined the Damgaard clan in Banff for a few days. Let me tell you, the mountains are nice in the winter time. We finally had a real Canadian winter, well in my opinion anyway, and it made hiking in the snow in Banff that much more fun. We went to Johnston's Canyon, Lake Minewanka (don't think that's spelled right), and Lake Louise. My favorite part of the weekend was on the Lake Louise trail we were on. As you can tell by the pictures the snow was super deep and I felt the need to venture off the trail to try and knock snow off the branches that over hung the trail. I was wet when we were done but it was worth it. So for those of you who have never been to Banff in the winter time to do some hiking around, I definetly recommend it. I also recommend the wings at the Rose and Crown Pub, very good if you like your wings crispy.

P.S. As you can see by this sequence of photos I was very determined to shake the snow from the branch, hence why in the top picture there is snow stuck to my sweat pants up to my waist.