What to do as a tourist during extreme cold weather
Checking the weather I see that the temperature is plunging to -20C to -30C this weekend in Banff. Unlucky for me I have booked my travel for Jan 31-Feb 3. I’m staying in Banff most of the time except for the night of Feb 1, when I’ll be staying at Lake Louise for the ice magic festival.
I had originally planned to visit the Abraham lake on 2nd but at -30C in the wild it looks like a no-go to me. 🫠 I’ve also scraped the plan for sulphur mountain gondola because all three days are going to be very cloudy. I’m stilling planning to visit the following places when the temperature is still manageable. - lake Minnewanka (as a replacement for Abraham lake), - Johnston canyon, - maybe emerald lake or peyto lake.
I wonder what else I can do as a tourist for Feb 2nd and 3rd, other than sagging in the hotel? I assume hiking in sub negative 20 degrees is madness and I’ve never done it. So just a sanity check.