Banff & Lake Louise - Audio Podcast, Video

Posted on December 8, 2005

Banff-Lake Louise
The Rockies in Rutting Season
Story by Russell Johnson
Audio - MP3
Video: First Snow
1MIN Windows Media
HDTV (41mb) Standard Web Video

”Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow” Frank Zappa

God tipped over the snowglobe and fresh flakes fall, frosting the castle and the Canadian Rockies.

On the banks of the Bow we sit, sprinkled with new snow, un-sullied by foot and tire prints, un-yellowed by cats and dogs. It is the first snow of the season. Holiday decorations go up, fireplaces blaze with bonhomie, while politicians in Ottawa punch each other out over a kickback scandal. Did you hear about it in the US, eh? The government of our neighbor to the north brought down and the US media ignored it.

It is a myth, by the way, that Eskimos have 200 words for snow. MORE