The thrills of mountain driving in spring.

Headed west along the Trans Canada Highway through Kicking Horse and Rogers passes. Elevation 5400 ft or almost 1700 meters. Heavy wet snow covering the road with semis spun sideways and even lying on their side. My ten hour trip turned into 12 as the traffic was crawling. Big signs saying "NO STOPPING AVALANCHE AREA were ignored as traffic ground to a halt getting passed accidents. Two days later I decide to do a return trip. I head north to join the highway and after an hour I get to the Trans Canada and see a great big sign. Highway closed on both directions. Well dang. Back south I go then west for an hour then north to the Yellowhead pass. 17 hours after leaving I finally get home. Oh well I got to see both Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. No wild life spotted in either park. Maybe the Big Horn Sheep so common in those parks didn't like the weather either.