Tracks of the StoneBear BNF = Banff, BC journey
British Columbia/ Alberta, Canada
Saturday August 23, 2014 BNF 8
Columbia Icefields
Icefields Parkway , Alberta, Canada
Come to the actual Columbia Icefields Glaciers. On the left/ west mountain chain you can see the glaicer about a mile away. Looks like a big river flowing down the mountain pass... just frozen. And very dirty... from all the dust, ash, ect... a whitish brown tint. NOT pure white snow pack.
& have been around snow pack many times and it's filthy on the surface. Dust, leaves, soot ash, ect... you can rake a couple inches of ice off the top and it's pure white. Looking at the mountains several miles away... beautiful white snow caps... it's an illusion. Like most things in life; when you get off the mountain top where the vally looks beautiful,... get down to the up close view... it's usually not as pretty as the picture.
