I bet. I like heat too but not the humidity, why I like the prairies, it's really hot but dry and it cools down to the lower teens at night for a comfortable sleep.
I don't like the cold but I like doing frozen activities like hiking across Lake Louise!! The mountains have a lo of cool stuff to do when it's all frozen like ice caves & ice climbing. Walking in canyons on frozen rivers accessing areas that are not normally accessible. Ever seen the Abraham frozen Methane bubbles and ice so clear it looks like your walking/skating on a piece of glass? In case you didn't. Can only get these little wonders in the cold!
The cold frozen landscape does provide access when it freezes. There are many beauties that only come when the cold sets in and holds on. Do you ice climb? Many times I have walked across frozen lakes to places that do not allow for access in the summer time. Those frozen bubbles are quite something to see and watch form. Thanks for sharing that post, i think it should go into the book as well. :-)
Yeah, I like the bubbles. I have to try go back next winter. I went to early to bother trying to get them this year. I don't ice climb yet but I did find and talk to a training outfit that offers lessons and equipment rental. Half way there I guess. I do want to try it tho, for now I mostly watch their technique and ask questions to the trainers available for a chat when I come across them, I think next winter I'm doing it.
As the ice thickens so does the stacking of the bubbles which adds to the creativity of how it all looks. Is there a best time of the season to see these bubbles?
It is good to prepare and get info before trying to climb out of the gate up an icicle.
I know, it's so cool to walk on too because you see the water and fishes too all living underneath. @silvergingerman freaked out a little but he managed...lol. It's like the biggest water reservoir in the province so it's a bit dangerous and you have to be careful of a few things when you are walking like shelf ice and stuff. It depends on the year and temperature obviously but end of January is generally a good time and the ice is about 2 feet thick so there is nice bubble columns formations on a good portion of it and you end up with 2 layers of cracked ice that adds to the pictures. Anything after mid feb, then the ice is beat up from the wind so it's not as nice. I forgot to mention, It's close-ish to Nordeg/Rocky Mountain House area(behind Jasper National Park) if that's a place you want to visit/stay.
"It is good to prepare and get info before trying to climb out of the gate up an icicle" I like to do dumb things but I do them the smart way. 😂
We always did the rock test by throwing the biggest rock to be found over head onto the ice and if it broke the ice it is too thin to walk on. Or just waited till the guy drove his truck on the ice. It will be alright.
It can be a slight scary but not worth to panic. I quite like when the ice cracks and you hear the very unique sound of the ripple underwater running the length of the lake. Quite something.
Ill look up the are on a map to see what direction i am heading if it mean ill stop by that area. Thanks for the locations info.
I like the warm weather so it suites me better then the cool almost frozen streams. It can get quite hot here though.
I bet. I like heat too but not the humidity, why I like the prairies, it's really hot but dry and it cools down to the lower teens at night for a comfortable sleep.
I don't like the cold but I like doing frozen activities like hiking across Lake Louise!! The mountains have a lo of cool stuff to do when it's all frozen like ice caves & ice climbing. Walking in canyons on frozen rivers accessing areas that are not normally accessible. Ever seen the Abraham frozen Methane bubbles and ice so clear it looks like your walking/skating on a piece of glass? In case you didn't. Can only get these little wonders in the cold!
https://hive.blog/travel/@ladybug146/abraham-lake-methane-bubbles-frozen-in-time
The cold frozen landscape does provide access when it freezes. There are many beauties that only come when the cold sets in and holds on. Do you ice climb? Many times I have walked across frozen lakes to places that do not allow for access in the summer time. Those frozen bubbles are quite something to see and watch form. Thanks for sharing that post, i think it should go into the book as well. :-)
Yeah, I like the bubbles. I have to try go back next winter. I went to early to bother trying to get them this year. I don't ice climb yet but I did find and talk to a training outfit that offers lessons and equipment rental. Half way there I guess. I do want to try it tho, for now I mostly watch their technique and ask questions to the trainers available for a chat when I come across them, I think next winter I'm doing it.
As the ice thickens so does the stacking of the bubbles which adds to the creativity of how it all looks. Is there a best time of the season to see these bubbles?
It is good to prepare and get info before trying to climb out of the gate up an icicle.
I know, it's so cool to walk on too because you see the water and fishes too all living underneath. @silvergingerman freaked out a little but he managed...lol. It's like the biggest water reservoir in the province so it's a bit dangerous and you have to be careful of a few things when you are walking like shelf ice and stuff. It depends on the year and temperature obviously but end of January is generally a good time and the ice is about 2 feet thick so there is nice bubble columns formations on a good portion of it and you end up with 2 layers of cracked ice that adds to the pictures. Anything after mid feb, then the ice is beat up from the wind so it's not as nice. I forgot to mention, It's close-ish to Nordeg/Rocky Mountain House area(behind Jasper National Park) if that's a place you want to visit/stay.
"It is good to prepare and get info before trying to climb out of the gate up an icicle" I like to do dumb things but I do them the smart way. 😂
We always did the rock test by throwing the biggest rock to be found over head onto the ice and if it broke the ice it is too thin to walk on. Or just waited till the guy drove his truck on the ice. It will be alright.
It can be a slight scary but not worth to panic. I quite like when the ice cracks and you hear the very unique sound of the ripple underwater running the length of the lake. Quite something.
Ill look up the are on a map to see what direction i am heading if it mean ill stop by that area. Thanks for the locations info.