24.1 km Campsite before Palliser Lake to Big Springs Backcountry Campground

We woke to beautiful blue skies and walked back into Alberta and Banff National Park.

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We got to see a moose, Mama and baby.

Rockin gets ready to video the moose.

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We crossed paths with 2 biologists working for parks Canada. They are testing creek water temperature and it’s effect on fish.

Most mornings we awake to lots of condensation. As soon as we find a sunny dry spot we explode our packs and dry out everything.

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Lunch on a bridge

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A sign that we are entering a very high bear area. Like we didn’t need a reminder to be bear aware. Interesting that we didn’t see any bear scat in this area.

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We are now camped at our first reserved campsite. Big Springs. In the National Parks and some Provincial Parks reservations are required and the popular sites for up early. I started trying to make reservations June 1st. Way too late.

Having a reservation sometimes means stopping early. Look at all that sunshine.

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I walked about 200 meters up to the Big Springs. It really is big and just gushes out of the side of the mountain.