Hiking Chasm Lake in Winter

Hi everyone!  David here.  Today you get a blog post about a winter hike of Chasm Lake from yours truly, because Laura tweaked her knee falling in various snowdrifts on our Haiyaha Lake hike and didn’t join us.  So Matt and I rudely abandoned Laura and headed up to Chasm Lake at 11,800 feet.

Rocky Mountain Winter Hiking: Dream, Emerald, and Haiyaha Lakes

Probably one of the most popular Rocky Mountain winter hikes, the Dream/Emerald/Haiyaha Lakes hike has easy winter access via a maintained road, a short distance with little relative elevation gain, and big views.

Hiking Banff: Wilcox Peak / Wilcox Pass

A “premiere” hike in “Don’t Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies”, Wilcox pass / Wilcox peak, located at the very northern edge of Banff National Park, have expansive views of the Athabasca glacier and mountains beyond.

Hiking Banff: Mt. Lady MacDonald

While technically not located within the boundaries of Banff National Park, Mt. Lady MacDonald in Canmore, AB, offers the area’s premier knife edge scramble experience.