Originally Posted by
skookum
Yikes, you picked a hot week for it!
Really!
Mountain biked at Alpine Ski Resort today in Fernie from 9am till 2:30pm and Temps hit 99f (the hill closed at 3 due to heat).
Despite the heat, which during the day is just oppressive, tomorrow if all goes according to plan I will have visited 5 NPs (Jasper, Banff, Waterton, Kootenay and Yoho) and crossed the continental divide 4 times (Yellowhead, Crowsnest, Vermilion and Kicking Horse passes) in one week
Pics when I get home.
As far as booking campsites goes, I have given up. The system is a mess. I just show up and usually they fit me in. In the rare case there is no site each park has an overflow area where you can sleep for free so I just park there. They won't turn a cyclist away though.