April 25th - An unexpected stay in Golden BC

Well the best laid plans and all that.  Too much heavy snow falling between us and Drumheller so we decided to stay another day in Golden.

Not good

Sunrise walk along the Kicking Horse river.

It was a mostly sunny and warm day in Golden.  Kirk and I put on a few km along the river walk and into town.  

Driving up a forestry road into the hills

We took a ride up to Kicking Horse Ski Resort in the afternoon.

Columbia River

Kicking Horse Resort

Ski Hill

Looking down into the valley

Golden in the valley

A very narrow bridge

Enjoying the last of the sun before sunset

We met a Dutch couple, travelling in a rental Class C with their pre-school daughter, traversing the Rockies from Calgary to Vancouver.  They had stayed in Banff, Jasper, and spent the last night in Lake Louise, but had awoken to 30 cm of snow.  It was still melting off the roof of their RV in late afternoon.  They were pleased to be on the warm side of the mountains.  We congratulated ourselves on the correctness of our "stay put" call in the morning (aided by a heads up weather call from a concerned friend).  

An unexpected but very nice day spent in Golden.