This weekend is a three-dayer for me & with the ski resorts opening a week late (well so I thought) Kerri decided to have a look for some cheap accommodation in Banff/Lake Louise. Turns out that she found a room on Saturday night at the Fairmount Lake Louise for $125. That exercise is usually in the $350-$300 bracket! We always said that we would go & do it once, & it was an ideal opportunity.
James booked a room as well, so he & Soni came along for the weekend as well. We all ate & drank too much, but it was a fun weekend over all.
The hotel is pretty good, but they don't miss you once you're there. $32 per night for parking for a start, then you start buying food! Don't get me wrong, the hotel is very nice & we certainly didn't go hungry, but the pressure on the back pocket takes the edge off it a bit.
When we arrived at the lake on Saturday, we checked into the hotel about midday & went for a walk along the lake trail which is about 2km each way. It was absolutely bucketing down snow, as much as I've seen before. It was easily cold enough that the snow wasn't wet, which made it a lot more bearable. We were pretty well rugged up, so the cold wasn't much of an issue.
We reached the lake head to find a very different scene to the last time we were there. You may remember a hike to Lake Agnes we did some weeks ago & a photo of the lake with horses having a drink. (see entry on September 3) This is the same spot. Instead of the muddy flats, we were greeted by this expanse of snow. A vastly different outlook.
With such a large expanse of snow, I couldn't help but go out into the middle of it. I nearly didn't make it...
Kerri pleaded with me to make a snow angel. Who am I to disappoint?
It was cold enough that the snow brushed off & I didn't end up paying too much of a price for my stupidity.
This was just a cool shot. It does demonstrate how heavily the snow was coming down.
