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I live quite close to the Canadian Rockies, yet I rarely visit them.  I go skiing a few times each winter, and some years I go to Banff, but besides that I only see the majestic mountains on the western horizon.  People travel great distances to see them, and living so close, I often forget how amazingly beautiful they are, and how lucky I am that I live here in Alberta.  Over my Christmas break my boyfriend, and I took a trip out west for a hot dog roast, and to hike to the Bighorn Falls.  I have gone camping at the Bighorn Campground before on a school trip a couple years ago (84. Go Camping).

In the morning a few days I headed out west, and hiked out to find the Bighorn Falls.  It is not a long hike from the Bighorn Campground, within fifteen minutes the falls were in our sights.  The frozen waterfall was beautiful; the water hung in icicles, under the ice we could see the water flowing like it was in a tube.  I wish I could see a video in fast motion of the water freezing, it amazes me that such a powerful waterfall has been drawn to a halt.

It was fun taking pictures by the base of the falls, and then climbing up the cliffs beside it to take photos beside the waterfall.  It was a little scary climbing back down to the ground. 

Yaha Tinda is beautiful; I am so lucky I live close enough to drive to see it.  In the summer I hope to go camping out there, and explore the area when it's warm.  One of my favorite parts is that there is no cell service, so everyone turns off their phones, and enjoys spending time focused on the people around them.

P.S. Ben Stewart, I've been trying to find your blog lately, and it seems to have disappeared.  I have been out of the blog world, because of final exams, but your's is one I always enjoy checking.  Well I guess I will have to keep looking for it!