After a day spent at Lake Louise with our friends, we decided to make the breathtaking drive up north to Jasper via the Icefields Parkway. If you ever find yourself in the Canadian Rockies with the opportunity to make the drive up to Jasper from Banff, DO IT!
I’ll remember this day for the rest of my life. We woke up that morning finally deciding to tackle Rundle, as the weather had been an issue before. With the previous day’s adventures in Yoho under our belt, we felt confident to make the ascent up this peak. One of our goals during this trip was to summit a peak, so Rundle it was.
Whenever I took a break from scrambling up, I would turn around, take a seat and marvel at how high we had gone. What lay before us was a seemingly endless sea of evergreens, with majestic mountains breaking through and soaring high above. The sun’s last rays of the day shone brilliantly on Mt. Stephen across from us, as golden hour was in full effect.
The greenish-turquoise waters were completely still and the whole area was silent and tranquil. I was mesmerized by the beauty of the place and by the peaks overhead. I particularly fell in love with Mt. Burgess and the sheer size and immensity of its rugged peaks.
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