Western Canada bus trip (2): Kamloops-Revelstoke-Golden-Lake Louise-Banff-Calgary 2012-05-28

Dawn greets an eastbound Greyhound bus leaving Kamloops BC just before midnight over Rogers Pass. the ride continues in daylight through Golden, Field, Lake Louise, Banff and Canmore before the peaks and ridges of the Rockies give way to the foothills and the plateau country on which the artificial ski jumps of the 1988 Olympic Games were constructed.

Videos of this complete trip may be accessed at this URL:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3AC17B231D116D98

0:01 Bus leaving Kamloops BC depot
2:35 Bus enters Trans-Canada Highway 1
3:55 Night view of Kamloops on descent of highway to valley floor
5:15-6:58 Valleyview area of Kamloops BC
6:58-7:48 Town of Chase BC
7:48-8:27 Arriving Salmon Arm BC
8;27-9;45 Leaving Salmon Arm BC
9:45-10:30 Arriving Sicamous BC
10:34-11:32 Leaving Sicamous BC
11:34-12;32 Arriving Revelstoke BC
12:33 Daybreak at Glacier (Rogers Pass) BC; commencing descent on east side of Selkirk Rang; leaving Pacific Time zone
24:05 Hwy 1 crossing Columbia River north of Golden BC
27:00-27:10 View of Columbia River below (north of) Golden
27:25-28:02 Selkirk Range mountains to the west of Columbia River
28:03-29:35 Arriving in Golden BC (in Mountain time zone)
29:35-29:56 Greyhound for things and Greyhound for humans compared
29:56-44:40 Leaving Golden along the Kicking Horse River section of Hwy 1
43:22 Passenger discharging at Field BC
44:40 Leaving Kicking Horse River to climb Kicking Horse Pass to continental divide
50:00-50:15 Wapta Lake (and lodge) BC; leaving Kootenay National Park & BC
53:00 Entering Banff national Park & Alberta
53:54-54:55 Arriving Lake Louise AB
58:57-1:00;30
55:15 Leaving Lake Louise AB
1:00:45-1:01:20 Bow River
1;03:00-1:04;15 Castle Mountain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Mountain)
1:05:25 Mount Rundle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rundle)
1:06:45-1:07:40 Arriving in Banff AB
1:07:45 Leaving Banff AB
1:08:50 Re-entering Hwy 1
1:11:10 Three Sisters near Canmore AB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(Alberta))
1;12:20 Arriving Canmore AB
1;12;54 Leaving Canmore AB
1:15:30-1:16:15 Lake des Arcs AB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_des_Arcs,_Alberta)
1:22:15-1:30:30 Leaving Rockies for foothills & plains
1:33:20-1:33;40 1988 Winter Olympics ski jump
1:34;22 Exiting Hwy 1 for Sarcee Trail, Calgary AB
1:36:35-1;37:00 Downtown Calgary skyline
1:42;45 Entering Calgary Greyhound bus depot

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