The Kananaskis Trail - Across Canada, Day 15 of 92

Acting on the recommendation of the manager at a glass repair clinic in Calgary (some good came from those windshield chips after all!), upon entering the mountains I did not drive straight down the highway direct to Canmore, Banff and Lake Louis, but rather turned off onto Highway 40, the Kananaskis Trail - by no means a secret, but nonetheless a less-traveled route and one that I had never driven before. It was a beautiful reintroduction to the mountains after several years away.

I drove down the gently winding road past the Nakiska Ski Hill, stopping for pictures here and there, before turning onto the 742, the gravel road that cuts back across to Canmore - more on that road later.