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Joffre Lakes

2008.07.21
Driving from Nairn Falls to the Joffre Lakes.

Lower Joffre Lake.


The path through the boulder fields.


It was a very rough path!

Middle Joffre Lake.

Gray Jay.

Matier Glacier.

Middle Joffre Lake.

Upper Joffre Lake.

Stu, enjoying some nuts at the campsite.

Within seconds of us sitting down, this chipmunk came to see what food he could steal.


Our campsite.

Bear-proof food locker.

Stu, paddling in the glacial lake.

Alpine flowers.



Inukshuk shaped cairn.

After setting up camp, we walked up to the snowfield.


Upper Joffre Lake and Cayoosh Mountain.







From Nairn Falls, we drove East to the Joffre Lakes - a network of three glacial lakes, with a campsite at the top. We hiked up through forest and across boulder fields for a few hours, before setting up camp below the glacier.
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