Day 6 - Columbia Icefield and Edith Cavell
Friday, September 19, 2008
On our way to Calgary, there were some stops along the Icefields Parkway that we couldn't make when we were headed to Jasper. One of these was a short walk (1 mile or so) to a couple of glaciers lying at the feet of one of the tallest mountains in the area, Mt. Edith Cavell. The picture below is another stitching of 4 pictures. On the top right is Angel Glacier flowing down over the mountain and right next to Cavell Glacier (over the water).
Cavell and Angel Glaciers
Look out for Carmen Sandiego, that sneaky thief!Although the trail of people on a professional guided hike on top of the ice shows you how large this small portion of it is. The markers up to the icefield are quite sobering, showing how much the glacier has receded in the past century. It's amazing to think how many decades it takes one to move inches compared to the hundreds of meters it can recede in that same time. Man-made global warming or a cyclic trend? Probably a combination of both...
Columbia Icefield
The glacier has receded about 150m in only 16 yearsSo that's it! We arrived in Calgary that evening, found some decent Thai food for dinner and hit the sack. After a trip to the Calgary Farmer's Market in the morning (yes, we are obligated to find farmer's markets no matter where we go!), we headed back home to LA... and back to the real world.
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