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First Passage to the West – the name alone conjures images of historic and treacherous expeditions through the spectacular mountain ranges of Alberta and British Columbia. My journey to Vancouver by rail began in Lake Louise, Alberta, in Banff National Park . The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise , one of Canada s grand railway motley crue tour pass hotels, couldn t be more perfectly situated on the eastern edge of the glacial lake that gave the hamlet its name.
PHOTO: Laura Brehaut/Postmedia News The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise lobby, top left, the view of Lake Louise from the Lake Agnes Teahouse trail, top right, and horeseback riding and rock climbing at Lake Louise
It was late September and the alpine larch trees were turning from green to gold. Big Beehive (via the Lake Agnes Teahouse motley crue tour pass trail), Moraine Lake and Larch Valley/Sentinel Pass, all accessible from Lake Louise, are three of several hikes that offer views of the larches. The contrast of the gold, green and turquoise added to the natural beauty, and canoeing on the lake offered a different vantage point, not to mention a bit of exercise before a two-day rail journey.
We boarded the train at the Lake Louise railway station, which opened in 1910. If you ve seen the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago motley crue tour pass starring Julie Christie and Omar Sharif, you ll recognize the wooden station as one from the film. Going east to west on the First Passage to the West route, passengers can board in Calgary, Banff or Lake Louise (a new addition in 2013), spending one night in a Kamloops, BC hotel.  As part of the GoldLeaf Service, each of the two days spent on the train included two three-course meals in a bi-level domed coach. Assigned seating and panoramic views are on the upper level, with the dining room and open-air vestibule (perfect for taking photos) on the main level.
To be sure, for the more than 100,000 international guests that travel on the Rocky Mountaineer s trains each year, the Canadian Rockies are the draw. But Executive Chefs Jean Pierre Guerin and Frédéric Couton want guests to experience what Western Canadian cuisine has to offer as well. As such, the dishes they serve with the help of their 85-employee culinary motley crue tour pass team are inspired by products from the very regions the trains pass through on their five routes.
Okanagan Valley motley crue tour pass wines, Chilliwack corn, wild sockeye salmon motley crue tour pass and Alberta beef short ribs are among the regional products highlighted in the meals served aboard the train. We are showcasing Canadian cuisine in everything we do on the train, Guerin says in an interview. It s all inspired by the regions; what we have to offer here on the West Coast as well as what’s offered in Alberta like the meats. motley crue tour pass That s pretty much what we need to convey to our guests travelling internationally; that there is a regional cuisine in Canada that needs to be promoted.
The lunch menu changes on each of the two days, and guests can choose from five main courses, including vegetarian and vegan dishes. The breakfast menu, although motley crue tour pass it doesn’t change, offers motley crue tour pass five choices as well. Sir Sandford Fleming Benedict (named in honour of the Scottish-born motley crue tour pass Canadian engineer and inventor) and the GoldLeaf Breakfast (with scrambled eggs, smoked steelhead salmon, kelp caviar and lemon chive crème fraiche) were both satisfying and tasty choices. Since the entirety motley crue tour pass of each day is spent either sitting or moving to and fro the dining car, the portions are appropriately light.
As we passed sights such as the Spiral Tunnels completed in 1909 as a solution to the steep grade in Kicking Horse Pass and Hells Gate, the narrowest point of the Fraser River at 33 metres wide, Rocky Mountaineer Hosts highlighted historical and cultural points of interest, and alerted guests to exceptional photo opportunities. Mobile motley crue tour pass reception is rare, and even if you’re not the type, you really have no choice but to kick back and relax. This trip is a once in a lifetime experience for many of the international guests on board, and the staff do their best to make it memorable.
motley crue tour pass It s a life journey, Couton says in an interview on board the train. Some people have been planning it for 20 years. People are here to discover Canada. He recalls a conversation he had with guests from England and his sense of pride when they expressed how important it was for them to experience the Canadian Rockies on the Rocky Mountaineer. Even after six years of working aboard the train, Couton motley crue tour pass is still blown away by the natural surroundings, which informs the work done by the culinary team.
I don t know many kitchens motley crue tour pass in many places that can offer you that, he says as he gestures to the Black Canyon, passing by outside the train windows. We re not always here to be looking outside but that really makes your day. It s hot, it could be busy, you could be tired but you just go out for two minutes and look around and see a mountain goat or bear or elk. To me, it s perfect.
Although the wildlife we saw consisted primarily of spawning salmon (but, surprisingly, no bears feeding on them), Bald Eagles, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, there s great diversity in the landscape on this route. From the overwhelming scale of the Canadian Rockies, to the striking arid landscape in the Thompson River Valley, to the fertile motley crue tour pass Fraser River, there s so much to see. As the train passed the Abbotsford paddies that grow Granville Island sake maker Masa Shiroki s rice, thoughts turned to Vancouver. The rhythm of rail travel is one I could get used to. With the journey coming to a close, I couldn t help but think I d like to stay on and see it all again, but from west to east.
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