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A grouse alongside the trail

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Crowfoot Glacier

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Looking up at Cirque Peak in the distance -- doesn't look like there will be much of a view through all those clouds

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From this rock marmots could be seen zipping in and out of their burrows

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An ice-covered Helen Lake. At this point it started to rain, so we decided to head back down instead of continuing up toward the cloudy Cirque Peak scramble.

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But our spirits were still high!

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The trails are so well-maintained in Banff and Jasper that stream crossings always had perfectly placed boulders for hopping across!

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Driving back to the campsite along Icefields Parkway