Category: Alberta
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Six Appeal
All photos taken on September 20, 2021. Walking back from the Red Chairs, we opted to take Trail 6 back, rather than hike uphill on the Water Tower Trail. We had often shied away from this trail, as it is also used by horses, with the double hazards of lumpy horse exhaust and humps and…
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Same Old, Same Old
All photos taken on September 20, 2025. In keeping with the Reverse Course post, we opted to do the Water Tower hike as our second hike of the day. As many will recall, we did Water Tower first back on September 16, 2025. No need to reprise the commentary, but here is the hike of…
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Reverse Course
All photos taken on September 20, 2025. Today was Saturday and we had no desire to be in with the crowds in Jasper town or on the more popular trails. As such, we were going to mostly stay put on the nearby trails and drive sparingly. The hikes from our first day came to mind,…
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PLB – Day 5 – A Little Bit of a Good Thing
All photos taken on September 20, 2025. Some days are better than others for time at the lake. This day was still a good day, but we had other things to occupy our time, including an afternoon CFL football game in which our team was playing. The morning was glorious and I walked down at…
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Lakes of the Ladies
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. Initially, we thought we might like to hike back up the Bald Hills Trail, which we tried to hike in February, but we just weren’t feeling it. Scrolling through the Parks Canada site for day hikes, I stumbled on this one. It was a hike to Lorraine and…
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Much Maligned
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. We loved our trip down Maligne Road, so much yesterday, we decided to go further today, all the way to Maligne Lake. Here is our driving route on the day. The river takes its name from the French maligne, meaning “malignant” or “wicked”. Pierre-Jean De Smet created this name in reference…
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PLB – Day 4 – Misty Morn
All photos taken on September 19, 2025. Every day was different on this visit. After the hot sunny weather of the first three days, things cooled off and got a wee bit misty. Both Scott and M and sister M and brother K were heading home today, but, we had three more days to go.…
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Canyon or Chasm
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. On the way up, we had passed the Maligne Canyon viewpoint. The Maligne Canyon trail has not yet been reopened since the 2024 Jasper wildfire complex, as Parks workers struggle to keep up with making it all safe for visitors. We promised ourselves we would pull in on…
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On the Up and Up
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. Well, our new friends had told us that the hike we were looking for was the only left hand exit past the picnic area, so it did not take us long to find the place. But, it was not the promised short hike. It, in fact was a…
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Taking Our Medicine
All photos taken on September 18, 2025. In an attempt to get clearer air and perhaps some sunshine, as well as to find new hikes we had never been on, we drove South down the Maligne Road to Medicine Lake. It was only about a 34 minute drive, each way, but we gained a lot…
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