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.All Trips / Europe / Slovenia
A Day at Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
Slovenia is a small country that has some big beautiful scenery. Its two most famous lakes are Lake Bled (the more popular) and Lake Bohinj. Lake Bohinj is about an hour’s drive from Ljubljana, the nation’s largest city and capital, and a 30 minute drive from Lake Bled.
There’s a lot to recommend a visit to Lake Bohinj over Lake Bled, although by all means visit both if you have the time. The lakes are separated by only 26 kms of lovely mountain scenery, and it’s easy to drive from one to the other. Bohinj has a more natural setting that Bled, with less development and fewer tourists. It is surrounded by the grand Julian Alps and Triglav National Park (the only national …
Tagged Julian alps, lake, Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj, mountains, Triglav National Park
.All Trips / Alberta / Central Canada / North America
Banff National Park’s best Short Hike — Moraine Lake Rockpile Trail
Moraine Lake is located a few miles south of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, in one of the most scenic and breath-taking locales of the Canadian Rockies. In the winter the lake is buried under a thick layer of snow and not accessible by car. The road leading to Moraine Lake is a popular cross-country skiing destination once enough snow has accumulated for the Park Service to groom it, but the skiing trail ends well before the lake because of high avalanche risk within its valley. During the summer months (June – Sept) Moraine Lake is popular and busy, even though it doesn’t thaw out until late June. Parking is limited so it’s best to arrive early. The lake …
Tagged Banff National Park, lake, Moraine Lake, Rocky Mountains
.All Trips / Argentina / South America
Nowhere is a Place. Visiting Patgonia, 5) Viedma Glacier, Argentina
Situated close to the small Argentinean town of El Chalten is Lake Viedma, a large glacial lake. You can take a boat tour to visit the largest glacier in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field, the Viedma Glacier, from a dock on the northwestern shore of the lake, near El Chalten (which you can reach by bus from town).
The following overview photo, courtesy of NASA, will help orient you a little better. Viedma Lake is obvious, as is the Patagonian Icefield. The Viedma Glacier is at 12 o’clock in this photo (actually direction is west). The boat launch is in the little thumb at the top right of the lake at about one o’clock. El Chalten is in a non-snow …
Tagged Andes, El Chalten, glacier, lake, mountains, Patagonia, Viedma Glacier
.All Trips / North America / Oregon / Pacific Northwest
Crater Lake — The Most Beautiful In The World?
The phrase “most beautiful in the world” is batted about with relative ease. I’ve heard it used to describe dogs, cats, flowers, homely children and assorted celebrities. Always it denotes something special to the observer but sadly only to that observer. When referring to Crater Lake, however, the phrase “most beautiful lake in the world” may indeed be accurate. It is a striking deep blue lake — “The Jewel of the Cascades” — placed in an improbable location, near the top of an volcanic crater.
Crater Lake National Park is located in South Central Oregon. Some might say it’s in the middle of nowhere but I found the drive along the Rogue River to the park to be beautiful. The park is fairly …
Tagged Crater Lake National Park, lake, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, volcano
