Left: Lake Minnewanka just before heavy rainfall. There are several backcountry campsites along the shore.
Right: The area of Lake Louise.
Left: There is only one road to Jasper and... no shortcuts!
Right: I didn't expect to meet a Swiss teacher in a lonesome hut. He was riding a bike...
Backcountry luxury: A small sauna with a cast iron wood oven. The snowmelt creek behind the hut provides a nice cool-down.
The early mornings on the road are just freezing. Two scenes before the first sun rays hit the bottom of the valley.
Swiss people are likely to feel at home in the Rockies.