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Love our ebikes

9/30/2017

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Anyone can ride a bike downhill!  How about uphill?  We did it the other day from the bottom of the resort to the top of the mountain.   The vertical is 4000 feet gain and is 10km.  Normally the resort does not allow uphill walking or riding but this time of the year the resort only has mountain biking on weekends so we got permission from them to do this.  Most of us had ebikes which are electric assist.  It puts a smile on your race pedalling.  You  still have to pedal but you get some help if you need it.  They are awesome.  4 people rode their regular mountain bikes up and I hurt watching them.  Great day, great event especially finishing off the ride with a beer and lunch in the Eagle's Eye Restaurant. 
Vagabond Lodge is now closed until ski season(about December 1).  You can book your winter stay by giving us a call at 250 344 2622 or email info@vagabondlodge.ca
Hope to see you here. 
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Lake O'Hara

9/23/2017

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More from our trip to Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park recently.  This short video starts on our way down from Lake McArthur to Lake O'Hara and then around the lake.  We started in the snow  and got some sunshine as we got back down.  Fabulous spot in the world.  
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Hike to Lake McArthur

9/18/2017

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We are so lucky to have this in our backyard. It is a big hassle trying to get here but if you can...do it.  Lake McArthur is one of the many great hikes in the Lake O'Hara area in Yoho National Park.  It is not a big grunt hike but stunning scenery in every direction.  It took us about 4 hours return from Lake O'Hara.  As you can see from the video the weather was not the best with some rain and snow but still a lot of fun.  We even had some mountain goats near the trail and you do not see them too often at the best of times.  Pretty cool.
The big problem is getting to Lake O'Hara.  You can walk up the road but it is 11 km before you even go for a nice hike.   And in order to get a bus ticket you need to go on line in April on a certain date at 8am and try and purchase them.  They are sold out for the entire summer in seconds.  It is a very bad system Park's Canada has for this.  There has got to be something better.  We talked to someone from Park's Canada and they are having a real concern with the number of  people walking up.  Over the long weekend recently they had 100 people who walked up which puts a major strain on the area as it is very fragile.  That is why the bus.  They want to keep the numbers to about 200 a day.  The other concern is the number of people who somehow access the tickets and then just come up on the bus, take some photos and then take the next bus down without really enjoying what this area has to offer.  They get to go home and tell their friends they went to Lake O'Hara.  There are thousands out there who would give their left arm to go to Lake O'Hara and take in the beauty and hike through the alpine and savour it.  Instead it is another photo to be forgotten the next day.  I hope they get this figured out soon. 
Enough of my rant.  Fabulous spot. If you get a ticket, spend some time and enjoy.  
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