This Thanksgiving weekend, we took a drive into the mountains to enjoy the crisp mountain air, and breath-taking scenery blanketed in the first snow of the fall.

We drove through Banff National Park up the Icefields Parkway toward Bow Glacier, Bow Summit and Peyto Lake. There was a black bear just off the highway between Bow Glacier and the Peyto Lake turn-off, but we didn’t catch any photos of it before it decided to retire into the forest once again.

Finally, we drove back along the Bow Valley Parkway to catch a glimpse of Castle Mountain. Enjoy!