Medicine Lake Jasper National Park

We set the alarm early this morning to beat the crowds. We both slept better after buying the self inflating mats. We left the campsite and headed south towards the ice fields highway to Maligne Canyon.

We decided to do the 12km hike down the canyon and then back thought the Forrest. The sound of the roaring canyon could be heard well …

... Bear Protection Society.... at that particular moment, a guy pulls up in his oversized Chevy Truck and explains to her that up at Medicine Lake (15km) away there is a BEAR JAM. She then contacts the local ranger and explains that there is a BEAR JAM ...

... , it’s a very pleasant walk, and actually more rewarding towards the end where the gorge broadens out and the river is accessible. Medicine Lake is interesting in that it drains out to a muddy patch each summer as the inflow of melt water slows and ...

Well, we made it to Jasper National Park.  What a beautiful drive.  Snow capped peaks on either side of the road.  We stopped at the Colombia Icefields visitors center and decided to come back another day to do the glacier trip.  We ...

... sight, crystal clear water glimmering in the morning light and the scenery reflected onto it.  The fascinating fact about Medicine Lake is that it actually vanishes every Autumn!  The lake sits on a bed of underground caves through which ...

... quite popular and has boat tours.  Perhaps we would have appreciated these lakes more on a day with sunshine.  Medicine Lake is interesting because it disappears in the winter.  It is drained through rock fissures into an underground ...

... had a very pleasant 4.5Km walk along the "Moose Lake Trail". Unfortunately didn't see any Moose though. Drove back past Medicine Lake but decided not to stop given the number of tourists parked there. Stopped for lunch at Maligne Canyon and then ...

... to allow freight trains to pass, this can take some time as the trains are very long - we counted 135 carriages on one. Canadian National own the lines so they get priority over the passenger trains. So, on we went. I sat up in the dome for a while, ...

... hiked for a few km before returning up the hill to the car. Man was it cold. We drove from here out to the Medicine lake, a lovely little area, before returning to route 93 to begin our journey to Banff. We stopped at the Annabasca Falls and did the ...

... be the altitude! Took a walk on Edith (as she's known) the next day and watched more avalanches, stopped at Medicine Lake (which disappears down plugholes in the winter interestingly), and then Maligne Lake. Again, a definite contender for Most ...

... up to see Spirit Island but we couldn't - because it is still frozen - the views were awesome. Then we went to Medicine Lake and on to Maligne Canyon, where the Maligne River has carved a path through the rocks resulting in waterfall after waterfall. ...