Rocky Mountain High

Yesterday Sandy and I went on a hike around the upper Kananaskis Lake with our friends Adriana and John:

After an hour or so on a relatively easy foot path, we came across Mt. Indefatigable and the climb became quite steep and rocky, but what amazing views up there:

This boulder field is called The Palliser Slide. It's the remnants of two very large landslides from the mountain years ago:

I thought the terrain was very Lord of the Rings-esque:

About 3km into the hike, there is a beautiful waterfall called the lower Kananaskis falls where we stopped to enjoy the roar of the water and have a very well deserved bite to eat:

Beautiful, yes?

Look at the colors in the water from the minerals...

It's GO-GEOUS up there!

The hike took us about 4 hours or so, and with a lot of the terrain being quite steep and covered in boulders, we were all exhausted when we finally returned to the vehicles to head home. But it was a very good kind of tired.

It was a really great trip and we're hoping to do a few more this summer while it's nice out.

You just can't beat the views, the air, and the feeling up there...It's totally amazing.

I think next time I'll be sure to get some rigorous excercise in before heading out to the top of the world - I have muscles screaming at me today that I didn't even know existed!