Jason went on a quick hike out to the toe of Athabasca Glacier. It's receeding rather rapidly these days -- this marker in the foreground represents the front of the glacier in the year 2000.
Panorama of the glacier toe -- look how the lateral moraine has an icy interior!!
Jason with the toe of Athabasca Glacier.
Zoom of the 'peeing lizard' glacier on a nearby peak.
Glacial scour marks on this smoothed rock. My iPhone for scale.
Looking downtrail from the top of a recessional moraine.
Meanwhile Tycho enjoyed climbing up the giant rockpile!
A view looking south once we got back into Banff National Park.
Good blue western skies out there!
There was traffic there, where tourists had all stopped to see this bear. This was the best view of it that I got before he moved into those trees to the right.
This canyon had a debris flow that covered the road just 10 years ago.
Bow Lake panorama.
Jason and Bow Lake.
The Bow glacier -- check out the moraines to see how far it has recessed since the Little Ice Age in the mid 1800s.
Cheryl-Rae and Chet at an overlook.
Crow, model for the next image.
The Crowsfoot Glacier behind Gwen. Oritinally this glacier had 3 'toes'; now the upper two are still there but the lower one had mostly melted away.
Cassie, Gwen, and Tycho (with bus!) at Takkakaw Falls in Yoho National Park.
Better view of the falls, from further down the trail.
Yoho river looking downstream.
Yoho river looking upstream.