Day 23 - Hinton, AB to Canmore, AB

We dried out well overnight and had a pretty good rest. Looking at the sky and remembering yesterday we geared up for the worst even though we could see some blue sky on the horizon. Is that blue sky going our direction or will that be the last we see of it today?

Heading into the park the weather is holding. We get just a few light sprinkles and that is it for the rain. However, it gets colder and colder. As we ride through the park looking at the scenery I can see that a few hundred feet higher snow has dusted the trees and there is a fresh powdering on the mountains.

Without the full sunlight we don't get the best effect of seeing the color of the glacier waters here.

As we head towards the Columbia Ice Fields it is looking opaque in front of us. Maybe well be heading into more rain? Nope, this time we get SNOW! When we first get into it Walt waves his arm in a triumphant wave. Our first time of riding in snow. (Like I said yesterday, we normally wouldn't choose these conditions.) Actually, the snow is brief, we pass through it in 5 to 10 minutes and it is not enough to stick and it melts when it hits us. It is fun though. We'd rather ride in a light snow than a cold rain.