The crown jewel of the Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise feels extra-planetary with her cobalt blue waters and in-your-face Victoria glacier in the background. A Chateau sits at her front and tourists abound by the shore and in canoes. The lake color comes alive when viewed from a higher point... See pic 2. Mount Fairview sits 3300 feet above the lake and benefits from a well-trodden trail to nearby Saddleback Pass and then steeply to Fairview summit. The climb up was grueling but the views started within thirty minutes and kept getting better as I climbed. There were six of us at the summit, making it a party! Despite the rainy and overcast weather, I proceeded on, after descending from Mount Fairview, to Morraine Lake, another cobalt blue lake with fortress mountains on high alert. Finally, I drove north on the Icefields Parkway, the 150 mile long highway connecting Banff and Jasper parks, and home to the largest Icefields south of the arctic. I stopped at a campgr...