Edith Cavell and Maligne Lake
We visited the Mt Edith Cavell glaciers (Angel glacier, Edith Cavell glacier, and a tiny one perched on the side of the mountain, whose name escapes me at the moment) where the meltwater was covered in icebergs that shone a pale blue. There were various ice caves at the bottom of Edith Cavell glacier – when you stood in the mouth of them, you could feel the cold winds of the glacier tunneling through. It was almost surreal standing in front of a glacier cave. The melt patterns on the walls were spectacular.Lunch was at Maligne Lake, which was beautiful, and just what you picture Canadian landscapes to be in your mind. We had a couple of hours to spend here, so some people went canoeing or on a boat cruise to Spirit Island in the middle of the lake. I did a small bit of hiking to a lookout point, then just lazed around for the rest of lunch drinking hot chocolate and not doing much else. I was actually fairly impressed with the taste of the whipped hot chocolate that comes out of the vending machines. For something that has no milk content, it was still very creamy and a good balance of chocolate. I tried a peanut butter cookie, which Canadians and Americans seem very fond of, but I don’t think it won me over.
After lunch, we walked along Maligne Canyon, which was very scenic and very easy – all downhill! Heidi went to pick us up at a rendezvous point further down the canyon. Yay! The sun had come out, so we got some good photos. It also feels very remote towards the end of the hike around the 5th suspension bridge, there were very few people compared to the top half of the canyon.
We had a bit of a farewell in Jasper, eating at the local pizzeria and watching a movie (most of the group went to see Step Up, while another guy from the hostel and I went to see An Inconvenient Truth). Got back to the hostel after lights out and annoyed the hell out of all our neighbours when we tried to find things in the dark.
posted by d @ 2:00 pm
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