You must go after your wishTuesday, September 06, 2005
Brrr..... Bear! Bear!
So I finally did the Plain of Six Glaciers hike, was really cold up at the lookout point, that being about 7,000feet. The hike itself wasnt that ardous, but a good workout nontheless, I kept shedding all my outer layers on the way up! naturally the tee and pants stayed on ....:P
on the way up, a noisy bird call got my attention and there it was, it looked like a Bald Eagle circling above next to the mountain sides, I think its a Bad Eagle cos it got a white head.... nice! and it was a big bird.
But the view at the lookout was nothing short of amazing, worth the 2 hr climb up, I got my first look at a real life glacier, lower Mt Victoria glacier, although from a distance it didnt look like one cos it was all covered in dirt and rubble. Upon reaching it, I was standing over and almost next to it, I could see the crevices all over it, opening up to show the ice underneath... wow....
To see the whole glacier being draped over the gulley from the top of the mountain down was really incredible, its big, I estimate it to be at least 300m wide, it was also neat to see the stone shelter built in the 1920's at the top of the Abbot pass, you wonder how on earth those guys got up there....
Then after awhile it starting to hail....it's supposed to be rain, but it was so cold, the raindrops froze by the time it got to the earth. More ... Brrrr
There were lots of small waterfalls all over the place, run offs from the melting snow, to see ice and waterfalls together....
Then on the way back, at the end of the lake, I saw a bunch of people looking at the opposite side of the shore, at the mountain side ....and someone mentioned Bear! Finally after 3 months here i might get to see one!!
Dang...... the bear was tiny, it was so far away it was the size of an Ant!
But luckily I brought my binoculars..hah! had a whale of a time observing it sauntering around, eating berries. Hmmmm... now I know why there are teddy bears, they look really like a cuddly overgrown pet....but of course we know better, dang paws is probably bigger than my head.. spend almost an hour watching it. Wish I had my vid cam with me....
Now for my next yet to be seen sighting.. a Moose. havent seen one yet.
Oh yeah, one more curio, about 2 weeks ago while driving through a steel girdle bridge, I saw a brown eagle nesting right on top of the bridge! It couldnt care less about the cars going underneath it...hah...
hmmmm this place is becoming addictive.... wish my rabbit was here tho...
on the way up, a noisy bird call got my attention and there it was, it looked like a Bald Eagle circling above next to the mountain sides, I think its a Bad Eagle cos it got a white head.... nice! and it was a big bird.
But the view at the lookout was nothing short of amazing, worth the 2 hr climb up, I got my first look at a real life glacier, lower Mt Victoria glacier, although from a distance it didnt look like one cos it was all covered in dirt and rubble. Upon reaching it, I was standing over and almost next to it, I could see the crevices all over it, opening up to show the ice underneath... wow....
To see the whole glacier being draped over the gulley from the top of the mountain down was really incredible, its big, I estimate it to be at least 300m wide, it was also neat to see the stone shelter built in the 1920's at the top of the Abbot pass, you wonder how on earth those guys got up there....
Then after awhile it starting to hail....it's supposed to be rain, but it was so cold, the raindrops froze by the time it got to the earth. More ... Brrrr
There were lots of small waterfalls all over the place, run offs from the melting snow, to see ice and waterfalls together....
Then on the way back, at the end of the lake, I saw a bunch of people looking at the opposite side of the shore, at the mountain side ....and someone mentioned Bear! Finally after 3 months here i might get to see one!!
Dang...... the bear was tiny, it was so far away it was the size of an Ant!
But luckily I brought my binoculars..hah! had a whale of a time observing it sauntering around, eating berries. Hmmmm... now I know why there are teddy bears, they look really like a cuddly overgrown pet....but of course we know better, dang paws is probably bigger than my head.. spend almost an hour watching it. Wish I had my vid cam with me....
Now for my next yet to be seen sighting.. a Moose. havent seen one yet.
Oh yeah, one more curio, about 2 weeks ago while driving through a steel girdle bridge, I saw a brown eagle nesting right on top of the bridge! It couldnt care less about the cars going underneath it...hah...
hmmmm this place is becoming addictive.... wish my rabbit was here tho...
