September 20th-22nd, 2012
I spent 3 days with my buddy, Randy, in one of the most beautiful spots I've ever had the pleasure to wet a line in- the South end of Maligne Lake, in Jasper National Park.
The only road access to Maligne is the red line at the top of this map. We travelled 22km in Randy's 18ft freighter canoe to spend 2 nights at Coronet Creek campground, way down at the bottom of the map; it's a heckuva long trip when your powered by an electric trolling motor- no gas motors allowed on Maligne! We spent Wednesday night in the town of Jasper, and were at the lake super early, anxious to get on the water. We were met at the parking lot by the greeter...
We decided it would be prudent to load up the canoe in the other end of the parking lot, a couple hundred feet away.
Wasn't long before we had the canoe loaded & in the water...
"The Aaralyn Emily", ready to go...
Full load...
I love this place...
One of several glaciers that surround & feed Maligne Lake...
Imposing cliffs & fall foliage...
This is how the water looked for the whole trip- 3 days of dead calm!
(Much more to come...)
3 Days in Heaven- Maligne Lake Trip Report
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