Continuiing on the Icefield Parkway to Lake Louis

 

It's on to Lake Louis and we're still in the mountains with very varied topography and scenery.
Two tour coaches up ahead having a photo stop.

 

Big bends (above) reduce the road incline for a safer and more comfortable ride.

 

.... to help get us down great height differences (below) such as this.

 

 
"On the right! Black bear!"

 

Another beautiful blue coloured lake along the Icefield Parkway.

This one's a deep turqouis blue (below).

What gives these lakes such a beautiful bluish colour?
Now you know.

That last link will also tell you why these beautiful blue lakes are silting up.

 

Rest stop beside a blue lake.

 

Another lake, but with its surface iced over; just 20 minutes down the road from the blue lake in the last photo.
Unbelievable!

 

 

 

 
Great view of some peaks (above).
A 'must stop' for a longer look.

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