Hi! I'm Gunnarolla,
musician; world traveller,
and these are just some of the adventures
that I've Made In The Moment.
I love Alberta, and for whatever reason,
I ended up visiting multiple times this year,
but that's okay because there's so much to do.
We've been horseback riding,
white water rafting,
took a gondola up to the top of a mountain...
I even flew in to attend a music festival
that was cancelled due to rain...
Of course(!)
And most recently, I teamed up with Tourism Calgary
and they put together an amazing itinerary
of all the stuff we could do with just 48 hours.
Well, given the opportunity to do something
completely new; there was one thing on my list
for this trip, and it was:
to stand on a glacier.
The Athabasca Glacier, to be exact.
To get there we'd have to drive out to Jasper
and the Columbia Icefield,
so my friend Mark and I packed up our car
for a little roadtrip, and we saw some pretty special things along the way.
# woah! #
Welcome to the Rocky Mountains!
Okay...
Look at this - nature!
What is this? (to deer): Hi...
Oh, don't be scared! They're scared of me!
We made a stop in Banff at one of my favourite spots,
it's a Canadian-themed restaurant called 'Toque'.
I got some kinda Canadian dessert-
This...is some kind of bread pudding
maple syrup amazingness made to order!
Oh yeah...oh yeah, oh yeah!
Look at that - look at that, look at that!
Is it gonna be hot?
It's probably going to be really hot...
# blows #
It's really hot.
It's really hot!
# intense blowing #
(muffled): Oh my god.
You need to try this!
Tell me about this dessert, what's it called? - Pudding Chômeur!
- Pudding Chômeur is like this white little fluffy cake,
I put maple syrup drizzle on it,
you bake it in an oven and it's served with ice cream.
- And what's the history behind it?
- It's super Canadian, it's like one of the first desserts
from the Great Depression...
It's one of the simplest; ingredients that you could just put together,
and it would just taste amazing! - And now I'm eating it like it's a delicacy!
They were eating it when they were poor
and had no food - so good!
- But it is just *uh*! - *laughing*
We went out to Lake Louise, which is probably
one of the most beautiful and photographed spots in Canada.
(whispers): Lake Louise!
Despite being such a popular tourist attraction,
it was actually pretty calm and serene.
That is, until I got onto the water.
# plays 'O Canada' riff on recorder #
Here we are on Lake Louise!
So incredibly epic!
Look at the water, it's so blue, too!
# Music: 'Golden' by gunnarolla #
Oh my god that was amazing, time to go see a glacier!
After that we continued our drive through the Rocky Mountains, which I think every Canadian
needs to do at some point in their lifetime,
because it's absolutely stunning.
Of course, of all places to meet a viewer
and fellow YouTuber - I met Craig in the middle of the Rocky Mountains!
So after a pretty long drive, we arrived at
the Columbia Icefield, and our first stop was the glacier skywalk.
- What's going on? - We're walking...
to a glacier skywalk, because they don't have
parking on-site, and we didn't want to take the Shuttle.
Because,
# epic music # when you do this, you earn it!
And you appreciate it more, because you had to work for it!
Do it!
# music cuts out at attempted kick #
Oh my gosh, we're going to walk on the glacier skywalk!
It's gonna be pretty high up!
Glass bottom, glass bottom...
# more epic music #
Oooh...!
Did you hear about that glass-bottomed bridge
in China that started cracking? - Shut up.
It's just pretty sad to think about what this must have looked like...
five years ago, ten years ago...
I just repeated exactly what I said,
but I had to say it for camera.
*laughs*
And then it was finally time to see the glacier up close.
- So as we get off the bus today guys, just watch your
step on the way out, and of course, enjoy your
ice Tour In A Day with Mike.
- Alright then, I'm just gonna stop and you guys
can say I'm first. *laughing*
Wow...this is so steep!
- All these rocks here are protected in the glacier
that is underneath us, so that is why we are much
higher right now...
And this glacier, on the Athabasca Glacier,
it measures around 6-6.2 kilometres long...
It measures a kilometre wide, and they're between
250 to 300 metres thick.
- Now this glacier is a very hungry glacier,
and its favourite snacks are human beings,
so please, do not leave the turnaround point.
- Oh my goodness...
We...are on top of a glacier!
Oh my gosh, I love the Canadian flag over there!
Better than Brita!
Woo! It's cold out here!
This trip made me think a lot about how beautiful
and vast our country is, and how much
our environment is changing.
That glacier is shrinking every year,
and we definitely play a role in that happening.
It's an experience that not many people get to have,
and it's an experience that I won't soon forget.
There's one more stop in my cross-Canada adventure,
and that is Vancouver, so if you want to see that episode
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I'll see you next time! À la prochaine!