A walk and a climb...

An early morning walk to Bow Falls in the cold (2 degrees!) air was great. Rocky Mountain scenery at its best.

Not far away was the famous Banff Springs Hotel, which we went to have a look at.

Deep pile carpets, huge rooms and opulent decor was what we experienced.  I can't imagine how much it costs to stay here.

At mid day we headed up by local shuttle bus to Sulphur Mountain to get on the Banff Gondola lift. I was particularly looking forward to this;  my dear Mum and Dad had taken this trip when they came here on their trip of a lifetime in 1988, and talked fondly of how excited they were to have done it. Cold and misty weather meant that the views were to be severely limited. 

We realised that our hopes of spectacular photos were dashed, when it started to snow half way up! Snow in June!!!

Actually not as cold at the top as we expected, we managed a short walk along the tops amongst the pine trees. 

 We stayed for a snack lunch of soup and sausage rolls before descending and resting again in the hotel for the afternoon.