We spent the day in the section of the park between the town of Jasper and the Icefields. The following map shows the area.

We woke up to an overcast sky with low clouds. This caused us to take a ride to Maligne Lake rather than a gondola ride. The lake is the largest in the Canadian Rockies some 22 km long but only a kilometer wide.

This is a model of the lake.

On our way to Milagne Lake we stopped at Medicine Lake. It was so-named by the Indians because despite not having an outlet, it dried up in the late summer, therefore “Bad Medicine”. As it turns out the lake leaks through its fissured bottom. When inflow doesn’t match leakage it dries up.
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After the trip to the lake we returned to Jasper grabbed some sandwiches to go and jumped on the Icefields Parkway. We took picture after picture. Here are a couple.

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There are two notable falls along the highway, Athabasca Falls and Sumwapta falls. The following are pictures of each.


After another handful of stops we came to the beginning of the Icefields where we are staying tonight. The elevation of our hotel is 6,400 ft.