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| Going up 10 Mile Hill |
Had a really good dinner out in town last night and a good nights sleep, so felt good this morning. The hostel owner provided a cooked breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs and French toast. Delicious!
Peter and I headed out just on 7am and immediately began the 16km climb up the first hill, called 10 Mile Hill . Then about 50km of rolling country.
With a favorable tail wind we made good time and stopped at 55km at a township called Field. This is at the base of Kicking Horse Pass. We had a well deserved coffee and sat talking to some Dutch tourists for 20 minutes.
The main meal of the day was the 1650m Kicking Horse Pass. From Field it was an 800m climb to the summit in the "granny gear". The photo with the lake in the background is the summit. No real trouble as we are all starting to get used to the hills.
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| Entering Yoho National Park |
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| A familiar "bug" |
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| Al Lake Louise |
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| Mountains at Lake Louise |
I felt pretty good at the end of the day considering all the climbing. The campsite at Lake Louise is protected by bear proof electric fence.
The scenery around here is beautiful with several peaks around 3600m.
For those interested in the riding stats we rode 858m in 5 hours 9 minutes, at an average speed of 17kph.
Tomorrow we head to Banff.
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