Bear jam, glaciers, and waterfalls

The group got caught in a “bear jam” en route to the icefield this morning, so we pulled over for a few shots...with the cameras.  See that hump?  This is a grizzly bear that was grazing beside the roadway:

The Columbia Icefield is an icefield located in the Canadian Rockies, astride the Continental Divide of North America. The icefield lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff National Park, and the southern end of Jasper National Park. The icefield feeds eight major glaciers.  It is a major destination for ski mountaineering in the winter months, and sightseeing by snowcoaches during the summer.

On the way back to the CG, we stopped off at a couple of beautiful waterfalls, Tangle Creek and Sunwapta:

We are doing heavy hors d’oeuvres at the CG tonight, so we hope the elk crew (4 mamas and 2 babies) come back again to entertain us.  We already had two munching this afternoon (check the background over the car for the second one):

It’s just another day in paradise!