GCA VIII: Frozen
So far, we spent our time in Banff National Park. But that's not the only park there. Neighbouring it are Jasper and Yoho National Park. KH decided that Lake Louise would be our base for easy access to all the sights that we wanted to see. Our itinerary brought us out to the Athabasca Glacier at Jasper, just 130 km away. We started out early to avoid the crowds and packed lunch because the food options there were limited and expensive ( its in the middle of no where with zero cellphone reception ). Arrived at the Ice Fields Centre at about 10:00am and thankfully the crowds weren't there yet. Bought our tickets and lined up for the glacier tour. A bus brought us closer to the glacier, a depot where all Ice Explorers were located. Those huge Ice Explorers were specially designed to handle the terrain ( could handle super steep inclines ) and inflict minimal damage on the glacier ( huge rubber tyres ). Our driver was an Austrian dirty blonde called Jiske ( don't mind jiz