June 11-12, 2009
The east side of Glacier National Park
The famous Red Bus tours
The pass was still closed because of too much snow
So we headed north to Canada
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Chief mountain
Our hotel is down in the valley
Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Park
Bighorn sheep downtown
Stroll in the peace park
And finally we saw a bear
Close to the road to Cameron Lake
They also crossed the road
Cameron Lake still half frozen
Another bear close to the road
Feeding on flowers
The first oil well in western Canada
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The road to Red Rock Canyon
The canyon
Back at the hotel
The lobby
Just in time for High Tea
Next morning: The view from our room
Starting the day with a scenic cruise
Passing the Canada-USA border with no border control
The straight cut line is the border
King of the world picture
Broken saw tooth mountain
Arriving at the south side of the lake
The official US border control for hikers
View back north
Another glacier
Waterfall in Waterton
That's so cute
After the cruise we started hiking again
Passing Bertha Falls
View down to the lake
Continuing higher up through the snow
Finally reaching our destination: Bertha Lake
Thunderstorm in the distance
A shorter (6 miles) but much steeper hike for today