Embedded into the backcountry areas of Zion National Park, the Sierra Nevada, Death Valley National Park, and the Mojave Desert, Courtney Purcell's ramblings have also taken him all across the country and the world. From hiking, climbing and peakbagging in the Rockies, the Andes, the high volcanoes of Washington and Mexico, into the depths explored in spelunking, and the canyoneering of the Colorado Plateau, here you'll find trip reports, route beta and "stuff" relevant to the world of...
Where: Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies
When: July 2009
On an eventual rest day, DB and I elected to sit at fabulous Lake Louise and people-watch, always an enjoyable way to spend a day. Unfortunately, weather rolled in and we had to shift into the nearby Chateau Lake Louise and suffer through the Harp Angel with her plastic smile.
