I went looking for silence and the Rockies gave me back something larger than that — a kind of stillness so total I could hear my own pulse in the snow.
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Moraine Lake at first light
Highlights
Worth remembering
Stay
A small wood cabin in Canmore — wood stove, no wifi, perfect.
Eat
Sky Bistro at the top of the gondola, then a pint at the Grizzly House.
Do
Snowshoe up Johnston Canyon at sunrise. Bring grippers for the ice.
Skip
Driving Icefields Parkway in poor visibility — wait for a clear morning.
From the journal
Notes
Feb 11
−27°C at Lake Louise. The air felt like glass. Couldn't feel my fingers but couldn't stop smiling.
Feb 14
The fog lifted on Sulphur Mountain right as we hit the ridge. Whole valley underneath us.
Feb 18
Last night by the wood stove. The mountains don't care if you make it to the top — that's the whole point.
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Marrakech
Morocco · October 2023