Hiking along the huge lateral moraine (the mound of sediment pushed out on the sides of a glacier), we hiked to the very edge or "toe" of the Athabasca Glacier.
lateral moraine A freezing gale blew down from the Icefield. It's a world of rock, ice, and snow.
At the toe, water poured out from under the ice, creating a fast moving stream that has carried some people to their deaths by sweeping them into crevasses.
Huge chunks of ice, blue and cracked, marked the edge of the tremendous glacier.
It was a little bit cold.
posted 3:16 PM