Welcome to my channel live on my name is Carrie and I create videos showcasing the beauty and diversity that Alberta has to offer Today we'll be hiking up Grotto Canyon trail is four kilometers out and back and has now a vision gain of 225 meters We're at Grotto Pond right now It's about minus six degrees I had Grotto Canyon Parking lot only had a few cars and that which was great to see Here we are at the trailhead. Today we're gonna have a beautiful hike up the canyon We're going to see pictographs, frozen waterfalls, ice climbers and hike up to the cave beyond the fall Start now walk to the power lines This is Grotto Mountain We are just over one kilometer in when we hit this creek bed and turn right to go into the canyon We immediately start walking along the frozen creek bed and I would recommend anyone hiking this trail to bring bridges As As we get deeper into the canyon the walls get higher and higher Here's the pictographs It needs to be three five hundred and fifteen hundred years old I've increased the saturation of these pictures to bring out the drawings We're almost at the ice waterfalls There are two ice waterfalls here and then a third one when you turn right So we're just over three KM and we're going to continue up to the canyon towards the hoodies We're going to hike up to the cave now so much We're getting up to the cave Okay, we're heading down this is going to be a real interesting I didn't like that steep going up That's what I'm going down your ass But stay this way I'm not going to destroy the camera or me Quick look up the canyon and down the canyon I have no idea how deep this canyon is but it's deeper Quick look back Almost down to the bottom of the canyon now In total I had nine kilometers and had an elevation gain of 239 meters If you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel Next week I'll be taking you on a majestic winter hike up Johnston Canyon and Bounce National Park Cheers