Our first full day in and around Jasper was absolutely stunning, hot and bright, the brightness coming from the sun reflecting off the snowbanks and plowed snow at the side of roads. Just a week ago Jasper got a significant snowfall which closed many of the local roads including parts of the Icefields Parkway to Banff. It was very strange driving around with the car’s air conditioning on while looking at the snow.
Today’s
adventure took us first to downtown Jasper, before heading to Maligne Canyon, which
is the deepest canyon in Jasper National Park, with a depth of more than 50m (165’)
at certain points. After a hike through there, it was off to Maligne Lake along a route adjacent to the Maligne River. Finally, we stopped at the “disappearing
lake” ~ Medicine Lake, famous for its disappearing water. In summer, it
looks like a normal alpine lake but in fall and winter the water disappears and
it becomes not much more than a mudflat.
Here are
today’s selections, starting with a couple of views of downtown Jasper ...
The disappearing lake, Medicine Lake ~
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