we were leaving banff at around lunch time but we got a message from our bus company that they would be late as there had been an accident and part of the highway shut, so that wasn't very reasurring. anyway we got on our little bus thing and the guy was very chatty, picked up from the hostel which was good then made another pick up and set off for lake louise. on the way we were looking out for bears and mooses but didnt see any, all the roads were snowy which w...

surprised we arrived safely after an uncomfortable white knuckle ride. arrived at 9 in the morning at the train station and it was pretty stunning. looking around with mountains everywhere covered in snow and pretty little cabins all around. we had to get a taxi to the hostel as it didnt look much fun carrying our bags all that way. so met a guy named john who was also staying there and joined him in his taxi. driving up the road we found we were on the edge of t...