Banff

Day 1

Heading back to Banff we stopped at Athabasca Falls then Peyto lake and Glacier, it was a crappy day weather wise which meant we couldn't do the normal hike because of the very low cloud so instead we headed straight to Banff and went to the Hot Springs to chill out in the 40 degree natural waters.

We all went out for a meal and drinks in the evening and I had Bison burger which was nice and kind of tasted like spicy sausage. The rest of the night involved lots of drinks and some live music, we got in around 3am a little worse for wear.

Day 2

Hungover me Ian and Matt decided it would be a great idea to work of the hangover with a short bike ride, we hired the bikes for 3hrs and set off. 7hrs later we arrived back at the bike shop having covered about 55km right the way around the base of Mt Rundle. It was a fantastic day though with excellent terrain and I saw a black wolf crossing the trail ahead of us. It looked up at me from about 200 yards away then disappeared into the forest, very cool! When we got back to the bike shop 4hrs later than planned the guy was so impressed with the distance we covered that he let us off the extra money!

Day 3

My brain obviously wasn't functioning properly today as after waving off Ian and Matt on the Moose bus I decided I'd not had enough exercise and hiked up Sulpher Mountain and back down the other side the elevation covered was about 800 meters. At the top of the mountain we were at 2230m which is higher than Whistler. The trail said it would take between 2 - 5hrs to get to the top but Adam and I did it in 1.5hrs I think you'd have to walk backwards for it to take 5hrs!