Canadian Rockies (加拿大洛基山脉流水帐) VI

28 Sep 06

嘉诗泊

去了ICEFIELD冰川开拓号之游。贵，不值。一台奇慢的车拖着一车人到冰川站１５分钟。 我们嘉诗泊的第一站，MALIGN（神秘）谷就是我最喜欢的地方。请看照片。 晚上回旅馆的路上还遇见黑熊一家三口。

Jasper I


Icefield explorer tour. expensive, cold. We don't think it's worth the money. In stead, people should go to Columbia icefield by themselves. I was waiting for nan in the car, while he climbed all the way up to see the icefield and glaciers. The car was shaking when wind blowed. Rubble mountain ahead. Dirty. Nan reported that some of ice was coated with deep dark coal-like skin. I kinda regretted not going with him.

Then we entered Jasper. I liked the Jasper better than Banff. The first reason, Maligan Canyon. It is impressive. It's a canyon etched by those acid meltwaters by thousands of years. There are six bridges cross over the canyon. We arrived first to the second bridge.We was stunned by how deep and narrow the canyon is. It is 51m deep. The water has tore the mountain apart. And the action still goes on. We hiked to the third and fourth bridges. Evalation changed dramatically. The canyon in fourth bridge was not a canyon anymore, but a creek. The icy water could be reached from the bank. Then we came back to see the first bridge. A 21m waterfall welcome us there. It's showing off its power. "here, in a furry of sound and spray, the power of roaring water and a trembling earth meet. Echoes of timeless battle assault our senses" The poeatic info says that.

I liked its info board a lot too. "Trapped and spinning under water's direction, particles of sand, silt and gravel carve like a diamond drill. The river took thousands of years to drill the potholes now suspended on the canyon walls. The pothols you see forming today will one day be suspended on the walls of an even deeper canyon."

This is my favorite place in Canadian Rockies.

As night fell, we continued to Malign Lake, and stayed there briefly. On the way back, we met a bear family up close. A bear mum and two bear babies, having dinners, they were just a few feets away from our car.

We stayed at 110 Concaught str. The B&B was really nice, though the Thai food we ordered was a drag.