Friday, August 28, 2017
The hot tub, mixed with a good night sleep, must have been the key combination. Our legs and feet were feeling pretty good when we woke up this morning. We got ready and headed to Peyto Lake. It was a quick 10 minute walk from the car to the lookout spot. Once again, we beat the crowds.
Peyto Lake
The color of the lake and the surrounding mountain peaks made for a spectacular view. From the lookout point, there was a cool hike that we wanted to try. We hiked through a prairie area up a pretty decent incline. We ended up sharing the trail with a few marmots. As we continued up the very quiet trail, beautiful views of the mountains appeared. Finally, when we got to the summit, we had a picture perfect view of Bow Lake. We were the only people at the summit, which was super cool. The temperature cooled off the further up we went, so we quickly started back down.
Bow Lake
Again, the hike down was very peaceful as we only ran into one or two other groups. Once we were back down at the Peyto Lake lookout area, it was super packed. I was really glad we got there early. We headed up the road to Bow Lake. We ate a quick lunch at the car before venturing off to Bow Glacier Falls. This was a super cool trail, which began by running along the beautiful lake.
Bow Lake
Once we got to the end of the lake, we climbed over the rocks and boulders that lined the Bow River and it’s tributaries. Eventually we got to a beautiful lookout point, which overlooked the Bow Valley and Bow Glacier Falls. We kept going and ended up making our way up to the base of the falls. There wasn’t a trail marked for this section, so we did our best to climb over rocks and through streams. The view from the falls was breathtaking. We hung out here for awhile enjoying the cool mist from the falls on our backs. We slowly made our way back down and around to Bow Lake.
Path through Bow Valley
We decided our feet could use an ice bath, so we took off our boots and hopped into the ice cold water. It felt great on our sore feet, but we couldn’t stand for too long without going numb. Once our feet dried off, we got into the car and headed back to Banff for dinner. We found a cheap pub and made our way to Rundle Cabins. The cabin we’re in isn’t the nicest place we’ve ever stayed, but the bed and shower should do the trick.
Bow Glacier Falls
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