Free-Reprint Article Written by: Travel Alberta See Terms of Reprint Below.
***************************************************************** * * This email is being delivered directly to members of the group: * * [email protected] * ***************************************************************** We have moved our TERMS OF REPRINT to the end of the article. Be certain to read our TERMS OF REPRINT and honor our TERMS OF REPRINT when you use this article. Thank you. This article has been distributed by: http://Article-Distribution.com Helpful Link: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Title: ============== Waterton: Haven't Been There. Ain't Done That Article Description: ==================== The best way to absorb Waterton's many landscapes and spy its wild inhabitants is to trek the Carthew-Alderson Trail. Additional Article Information: =============================== 513 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2007-03-09 10:12:00 Written By: Travel Alberta Copyright: 2007, All Rights Reserved Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more free-reprint articles by Travel Alberta, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Travel_Alberta ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. Use the following URL to let us know where you have used this article, and we will include a link to your website on thePhantomWriters.com: http://thephantomwriters.com/notify.php?id=4453&p=load HTML Copy-and-Paste and TEXT Copy-and-Paste Versions Of Article Are Available at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/t/waterton.shtml#get_code --------------------------------------------------------------------- Waterton: Haven't Been There. Ain't Done That Copyright (c) 2007 Travel Alberta, All Rights Reserved Written by: Travel Alberta http://www.travelalberta.com The best way to absorb Waterton's many landscapes and spy its wild inhabitants is to trek the Carthew-Alderson Trail. This 11 mile (19 km) day-hike ascends far above treeline and offers up some of the park's best views from Carthew Summit: see Alberta's pancake prairies unrolling to the east, Glacier National Park's pointy peaks beckoning from the south and, everywhere, the vivid greens and reds of Waterton's argillite-striated rocky mountains painting colour onto the alpine palette. Trailhead: Start the hike at the Cameron Lake day use facility. Since the trail ends at Waterton townsite be sure and drop off a car en route to Cameron Lake. Trail stats: The long, demanding hike covers 11 miles (19 km) but is well worth the 8 to 10 hour journey. Bring plenty of water, food and extra clothing layers. Other options: Break the trail into smaller chunks by camping overnight at quiet Alderson Lake. To make backcountry reservations within the park call the information centre at (403) 859-5133, after mid-May. Between April 1 and mid-May call (403)859-5140. Boat Tours Visitors daunted by the thought of trekking into the Canadian Rockies wilderness can breathe a sigh of relief. It's easy to see most of Waterton's famous sights, including its awesome, fjord-like mountains and their tumbling waterfalls, while plying the wind-chopped surface of Upper Waterton Lake. The 200-passenger M.V. International has been sailing the park's namesake since 1927. Equipped with a lively guide who dishes up park trivia and points out landmarks, the boat sails two to four times a day starting May 7. Between June and September the vessel stops, mid-tour, at the Canada-U.S. international border on the far side of the lake, where guests may disembark at the Goat Haunt visitor center. Passengers with valid ID may stay ashore and hike, returning to Waterton on a later boat. Sail away: The two-hour boat tour costs $27 for adults, $14 for teenagers 13-17 and $10 for kids 4-12. Visit the Waterton Inter-Nation Cruise Company or call (403) 859-2362. Crypt Lake shuttle service: The Waterton Inter-Nation Cruise Company also offers a daily boat shuttle to the trailhead for Crypt Lake, one of the park's best hikes. Waterton Puts the 'W' in Wildlife Though Waterton has a reputation for its population of black and, most famously, grizzly bears, guests probably won't see either during a visit. There's a much better chance of spying moose, elk, deer, bighorn sheep and mountain goats. Coyotes are the only predators spotted regularly. If venturing above treeline be sure and listen for the whistles of hoary marmots (big, fat, squirrel-like rodents), and keep eyes to the skies for glimpses of bald eagles. Best places for wildlife viewing: Two scenic drives within the park, the Red Rock Parkway and the Akamina Parkway, often please visitors with photo ops for bighorn sheep, coyotes, moose and elk. So you really want to see a bear: Rent a canoe at Cameron Lake, paddle to the far end, and, with the help of binoculars, scan the avalanche slopes that taper down to the lake: bears often search there for food. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2006 Travel Alberta, All Rights Reserved Travel Alberta (http://www.travelalberta.com) is the destination marketing organization for the Province of Alberta. Guided by the Strategic Tourism Marketing Council, Travel Alberta is the steward for the effective delivery of tourism marketing programs. For information about our organization, please visit our Travel Alberta industry web site at http://industry.travelalberta.com --- END ARTICLE --- Get HTML or TEXT Copy-and-Paste Versions Of This Article at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/t/waterton.shtml#get_code ..................................... TERMS OF REPRINT - Publication Rules (Last Updated: May 11, 2006) Our TERMS OF REPRINT are fully enforcable under the terms of: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: ..................................... *** Digital Reprint Rights *** * If you publish this article in a website/forum/blog, You Must Set All URL's or Mailto Addresses in the body of the article AND in the Author's Resource Box as Hyperlinks (clickable links). * Links must remain in the form that we published them. Clean links should point to the Author's links without redirects having been inserted into the copy. * You are not allowed to Change or Delete any Words or Links in the Article or Resource Box. Paragraph breaks must be retained with articles. You can change where the paragraph breaks fall, but you cannot eliminate all paragraph breaks as some have chosen to do. * Email Distribution of this article Must be done through Opt-in Email Only. No Unsolicited Commercial Email. * You Are Allowed to format the layout of the article for proper display of the article in your website or in your ezine, so long as you can maintain the author's interests within the article. * You may not use sentences from this article as an input for any software that steals sentences from others in order to build an article with software. The copyright on this article applies to the "WHOLE" article. *** Author Notification *** We ask that you notify the author of publication of his or her work. Travel Alberta can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Print Publication Reprint Rights *** If you desire to publish this article in a PRINT publication, you must contact the author directly for Print Permission at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..................................... If you need help converting this text article for proper hyperlinked placement in your webpage, please use this free tool: http://thephantomwriters.com/link-builder.pl ===================================================================== ABOUT THIS ARTICLE SUBMISSION http://thePhantomWriters.com is a paid article distribution service. thePhantomWriters.com and Article-Distribution.com are owned and operated by Bill Platt of Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. The content of this article is solely the property and opinion of its author, Travel Alberta http://www.travelalberta.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ---------------------------------------------------------------------
