Canada's Eastern Ice Tour (3): Ice Age Relic Sites, Must 'Show Off Your Chicken'

Author: 'The Date' Guest Li Guan Yun

Golden Town One Corp of the Ice Plateau, a Small Town in Colombia

Six thirty AM, driving to see the main attraction of the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia Icefield, so we set off early.

Think about it, before setting off, didn't you have to wake up at least an hour earlier to take a shower, for me, who is very time-conscious and takes a shower early every morning, I need to wake up at least two to three hours in advance to prepare…

Got out of the car, look, the moon is still hanging in the sky!

Going to the Columbia Icefield, it's generally believed that the scenery is unique, and I, who have been trapped in the tourist bus, can't recognize the true face of the mountain, and I have been to this place many times, I have seen 'big snakes pooping' so far, I haven't had a heart-pounding, spectacular experience…

The sunrise over the La Flèche Mountains taken by the bus

The car rushed past, quickly typing on the phone

The first attraction is Lake Arch, which is said to be shaped like a bow, and it's also said that the nearby trees can be used as bows. This is what the guide said, I didn't ask Doumer

We stopped at Lake Arch to take a photo, but the morning mist affected visibility, so the guide decided to head straight to the main attraction, the Columbia Icefield

About two hours later, we passed through a station, got off the car to 'sing', the nearby attractions can also be filmed

The distant mountains, the yellow leaves on the opposite side of the road, the season tells me that autumn is coming, and in the future, we can start clearing the yellow leaves. I suddenly had a little expectation!

Let's take a group photo to confirm that we have been here. Although the group photo sees people but not scenery, it doesn't matter. At this moment, even if there is scenery, it doesn't matter, because the group photo, everyone cares about themselves at that time, whether they closed their eyes or tilted their mouths…

Let's take another one. This is called 'doing homework', so that in the 'annual meeting' in the future, we know how much money we spent, and where it went!

At nine o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the Columbia Icefield. Now the weather is good, the sun is out, and the attractions are just awakening. Few visitors

The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in the Columbia Icefield, located at the junction of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. It is the largest icefield in the Rocky Mountains, and one of the most accessible icefields in North America

Let's start to 'punch in'

We switched to a big truck with high tires, specially designed for tires

After the sightseeing car arrived at the foot of the icefield, we got off and touched this ice world

The area of the Columbia Icefield is 500 square kilometers, and the elevation is 3,747 meters (at the top). The place where we are standing is close to 3,000 meters

The sightseeing area is marked, and the blue ice cave we see is only in the sightseeing car, so it's blurry

At this time, I remembered many times going to Tibet's icefields, which were so freely visited and excited

In this popular icefield tourist attraction, there are many natural tourists, which affects the scenery and our mood

Let's also 'punch in'

Every time I'm in such a situation, I have to 'show off my chicken'

But in front of so many international friends, I didn't have that impulse

One is afraid to show off their body in this occasion, which is not appropriate; two, this sightseeing occasion is very crowded, and there is no need to show off

Finally, at the request of everyone, let's take a group photo. Look at the smile on this man's face, how unnatural it is!

The handsome foreign guy beside him is the driver of the sightseeing car. He said that most of the staff here are Chinese students who study abroad, doing part-time jobs

The guide said that there are many Chinese young people studying in Canada, but they won't do such tiring jobs. Because Chinese students don't lack money!

Take a group photo, it's a common 'punch-in' process

The Columbia Icefield is the icefield relic of the Quaternary period

Because the ice layer of the ice age is very dense, and sunlight cannot be reflected, it will appear translucent blue, which is very magnificent in the sunny sky

Subsequently, we took a car to the 'Jasper National Park' valley on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains

This 'Ice Sky Bridge' is 500 meters long, and the distance from the ground is 280 meters

After walking through the ring-shaped stone path, we came to the full-transparent U-shaped glass bridge that protrudes from the cliff

Standing here, you can see the Columbia Icefield and the deep and dangerous canyons and rivers

Back at the station, we greeted the Columbia Icefield after eating lunch and started descending

On the way to Banff Town, autumn is gradually coming

We returned to Lake Arch, which was calm as a mirror. Because of the viewing angle restrictions, we didn't find it was shaped like a bow!

We found it was 'big snake pooping'

Another 'punch-in' attraction, naturally not without a family photo

The car passed through the jungle, in order to prevent many animals from crossing the road, a long distance away, a special animal crossing over the road bridge was built

In the evening, we arrived at the famous Banff Town

Banff Town was established in 1885, it is the main commercial area of Banff National Park, and it is also a cultural activity center

Banff Town is centered around Banff Avenue, the town is not big but has complete infrastructure, there are many hotels, restaurants and shops, and the buildings on the street still retain the characteristics of the 19th century

The name 'Banff' comes from the name of the railway station of the Canadian Pacific Railway, when the Canadian Pacific Railway went to Banff Town, it was called 29 branches, and in 1884 it was renamed Banff, named after the Banff County in Scotland, which was the hometown of George Stephen, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway

There are many souvenir shops, professional mountaineering and skiing equipment and other outdoor products

I chose a store specializing in crystal and fossils, to understand the price of stones, and to get inspiration for business

The Canadian Rainbow Quartzite, its age is about 8000 years to over 100 million years old, produced in Alberta, Canada. Because of the ray-emitting effect between the distance between the light and the gloss, it shows a unique rainbow-like effect, so the Rainbow Quartzite has become the national gem of Canada

This is a wood fossil, this small piece is 27 Canadian dollars

The cut slices of the wood fossils, many tourists are popular, I got inspiration from it, the Gobi Desert's 20-30 years old wood fossils saw the dawn

Wood fossil cut slice.

The Canadian national Rainbow Quartzite bracelet, and the beautiful woman in the tour group bought it in a row

Through the phone translator, I learned that this hotel has a brilliant history!

In the evening, we stayed in a hotel run by the original indigenous people of Banff Town