Great place to celebrate Ken's special birthday

We have finished celebrating Ken's 'special' Birthday - it took 3 days.
Day 1 Australian Birth Date, at home being waited on for the day
Day 2 Canadian Birth Date where we spent the day at Kimberley Ski Resort.  The day started at minus 22 degrees then the sun came out and so in the middle of the day we had a crisp -18degrees with the sun shining and the slopes looking clear and beautiful.  The icicles hung from the trees - it was a picture!
Day 3 A dinner at Franks Restaurant in Cranbrook with Cranbrook neighbours Greg and Jan.  It was fantastic. The atmosphere of the restaurant is relaxed and intimate, the service is exceptional, the menu was the most extensive menu I have seen in years and the meals were huge, the prices were excellent and the company was so much fun.  The staff brought out cake and sang happy birthday to Ken.  It was such a great night.

Sightseeing around Cranbrook

Banff Alberta Canada

In town Banff

In town Banff

In town Banff

In town Banff

Steak House in Banff

Banff Hotel

Deer in Banff

First Nation Trading Post

First Nation Trading Post

Kris and Ken on Discover Banff Tour

Elk on snow

Frozen waterfall and Ponds with running water behind ice  

Snow shoeing

Icewalk with Discover Banff Tour

Icewalk with Discover Banff Tour

Frozen waterfall in Johnston Canyon

Scenes while snow shoeing

Icewalk Johnston Canyon

Ken and Kris on Icewalk

Scenes in Banff National Park

Ken showing the frozen Columbia Lake

Icewalk tour



Frozen Waterfall in Johnston Canyon Banff National Park

We took 3 different tours with Discover Banff Tours
1. Discover Banff
2. Snowshoeing
3. Johnston Canyon Icewalk
We loved every tour but the Icewalk was such breathtaking scenery and so much fun, we had a fantastic guide, he was born in Scotland and had great people skills - He knew how to guide safely and make it so much fun, can recommend him as a guide if you ever get to Banff
PS Ken does not really think the climbers are idiots - just an Australian expression in use!

Cranbrook to Banff in Rocky Mountains Canada - round trip

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Longview - Our Coffee Break

Cranbrook BC to Banff Alberta via Calgary

This is a short (very short) video driving through Crows Nest Pass in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Canada.  We travelled through the pass across the Mountains to Calgary and then on to Banff.

This trip took about 6 hours from Cranbrook to Banff with stops for photos and coffee included in that time.  Due to road closers because of avalanche warnings the road from Radium to Banff was closed so on our return to Cranbrook we plan to take that shorter route through Radium and check out the Radium Hot Springs.