On Wednesday (I think – I totally lose track of time when travelling) we spent the morning in Banff, Alberta, after taking a good car trip out there from Kelowna the night before.
We rode the Banff Sky Gondola about 800 metres into the air to a peak about 3000 metres above sea level in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
First, being scared of heights, the Gondola trip was a feat in itself. I got some amazing snapshots going up of the village down in the valley plus the spectacular mountain ranges surrounding…
That’s the view up the mountain from the bottom of the Gondola… a looooong way.
This one is a view from about half way up, down into the valley… Those snowy lakes are beautiful (something I’d never seen before.
And into the mountains… Although this was just a preview of what was to come…
Then we hit the summit where there was a little lookout area with a nice walk around to an even higher summit.
Here the views were just breathtaking… Surely the most wonderous images my eyes have taken in over the course of my short life..
Shots like this…
This…
And this…
Don’t even begin to do justice to the glory of what was to be seen from this point.
It was almost hard to summon a word or a thought when you were up there, because you know there are really no words that are appropriate, no thoughts whose comparison would be meaningful, just nothing. And not a sound could be heard up there. We were lucky enough to have a day of completely cloudless sky, and not even a whisp of mountain air could be felt on the skin! The way the mountains, in all their grandeur, sit there in perfect silence, in perfect stillness, is something you have to ‘feel’ to believe. It truly was an experience of a lifetime.
I’ll be posting more photos tomorrow of our adventures of a different nature 
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damn that’s a really breathtaking view!
hey what’s that big glowing light from that tree in the first pic?
From one Aussie to another…
My hubbie has been going to Canada to ski for the past few years, and we have quite a few photos of our own as reminders of how beautiful the Canadian winter landscapes are.
But I must say the views you’ve shown us are simply out-of-this-world. And you can continue working from your computer, too!!
What a life, Andrew!
I love Canada! Might go again this summer.
Ah Andrew, you have summed it up so perfectly
I spent a year living in Banff (like all those other aussies) and I love going back. It’s my home away from home.
Say hi to Cascade Mountain and carve a few turns at Sunshine Village just for me eh
That beanie suits you
Beaaaaaauttttttifffffulllllll photos
My turn next time!
Abi,
It was the sun
Andrew
Glad to hear you guys like this type of landscape.
Me too!
I live here and love it!
Lu