That night, we stayed at the Kicking Horse Hostel in Golden. The place turned out quite a bit sketchier than we expected. :) It provided some entertainment value though, and thankfully we had beds secured (unlike others, who for example had a kitchen chair to sleep on).

In the morning we visited the bakery for a proper (ham & eggs) breakfast, and drove to Lake Louise to go ice climbing for the day. The weather was much warmer there the day before (-10C) but somehow it was -30 in the morning, with an expected high of -20... maybe. We hung out in the heated bathroom for a bit trying to get stoked on the -30 and start hiking... after we put all of the clothing that we brought (and owned), we bravely headed off. I know Louise Falls has some danger from hanging ice, which tends to be brittle and spontaneously collapse in cold weather, so was cautious. The entire right side of the curtain was missing though, so it had already fallen off - there were only a couple of small daggers on the left (more on that shortly). I figured I can go right and avoid the danger of the daggers, but when I got closer I saw the entire right side was pouring water, so this was no longer an option. Reluctantly, I went left and got inside the cave, well behind the daggers for a safe belay - 70 meter ropes reach there quite nicely. As I belayed Nayden, I heard numerous cracks and settling of the ice, which meant the pillar was going to be a silly proposition. Thankfully, Nayden reached me quickly and we rigged the ropes for rappel, quickly getting out of there. As we later found out, the right side curtain had actually collapsed the previous day, with several parties on the climb: miraculously nobody got hurt.

We were satisfied so we went for beers at The Ship in Calgary to celebrate. :)

	Driving to Revelstoke on beautiful winter roads	Smiling even though there's no powder :)

		It was damn cold and windy at the top.	Nayden looking all cool

	Revelstoke resort view in the late afternoon	Freezing	Lake Louise in -30 temperatures

	Nayden with Lake Louise behind him	Hiking along the lake to reach Louise Falls	Louise Falls

	Nayden approaching Louise Falls	Managing to keep a smile at -30 C

	More posing		Happy to have rappelled away from the daggers under the protection of a rock overhang

	Last look of Louise Falls before we run away		Nayden playing tourist :)

	Looking up from the cave: big daggers

	Being silly in the ice cave while preparing an anchor to rappel