This year the Ice carving festival was held on 22nd Jan and after Heather's gymnastics class we headed up to Samson mall to take in some of the action for the kids. There was face painting, balloon sculpting and crafts. The line up for the bus up to the main event was so long that we decided to stay down in the village and visit a little competition called "One block one hour". We saw the start, then enjoyed a hot chocolate and then saw the end results before heading back to canmore.
So in the One block, one hour competition you see results of art from this........
......turning to this.........
At the face painting we saw results from this......
.......to this.......
The next day we decided to return to see the final finishes to the two day competition up at Lake Louise itself and added in a bit of a cross country ski trip. We did the Fairview Loop. Heather and Finlay skied down the Old Tram Line to Moraine Lake road and the James and myself towed them round the rest of the way. Thankfully they both fell asleep just as we left the Moraine Lake road and did not see their mother's attempts to ascend a few steep sections into the trees.....Mum was not the most coordinated or gracious skier up the narrow steep sections and as I was trying to wish bone up the hills towing a 4yr old, getting my skis stuck in the deep snow banks at the sides it was a slow and painful process full of laughter and slander from my husband. Anyway, after the initial steep section the rest of the way was great.
We finished with time to go and see the final results of the ice carving festival and to see which sculptor won.
"Heather's and Finlay's choice"
And then Heather and Finlay seemed to enjoy a well earned rest in the ice castle on the lake
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