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Berg Lake trail to Whitehorn campground The next chunk of the Berg lake trail goes from Kinney Lake up to Whitehorn campground. Situated in the valley of a thousand waterfalls, it is hard not to be awed by the surroundings. Trail closed at the CG on 5/2/25, it is now open again. Would love to do the entire thing. While up here, I managed to see some avalanche blasting, which can be seen on the videos post, link is also Here. Put it on the video post as well, but anyone know any peertube instance i can upload to? I’d be happy to switch, although I may also post videos to youtube for greater accessibility.

Extra photos include two views of the surrounding mountains, one with the avalanche still flowing and the other looking up towards mt Robson.

Avalanche blasting along the Berg lake trail in Mt Robson Park. Managed to catch some blasting in early May, heard the thoomp and sprinted out of the tree line as fast as I could to track down the fallout. One of my buddies used to do this on Mt Hood back in the day so I knew what was happening as soon as I heard it. Taken at the Whitehorn campground. Trail was still closed beyond this point when I was there.

..is this the best way to upload videos? If someone knows a peertube instance I’d be gappy to switch.

Located in Mount Robson park, this moderate hike is an ~8mile out and back trail at the amazing campground on the far shore of the stunning blue lake. Hiking this is a must do if you are traveling in the area. Is part of the larger berg lake trail. I continued on to whitehorse campground before it was closed due to avalanche blasting (i’ll post the video). Tomorrow I’ll post the trail from beyond just kinney lake trail, which i think is how I will break up trails that continue past.

When I hiked this on May 2nd, the melting runoff caused a temporary creek to flow into the lake, bringing with it large amounts of silt. The plume could be seen from across the lake and I thought it was just the coolest thing.

Extra photos are reflective lake surface with whitehorn mountain in the back ground, a view of the plume from up close, and the weird shoreline that gets built up on the outflow side. Shows how deep it gets so fast.

Cranberry Marsh trail in Valemount BC is an easy loop around the wetland with two lookout towers for better viewing opportunities. Most notable for its seasonal waterfowl, May 1st was still too early and also left part of the trail submerged. Dust throughout the valley made the surrounding mountains look lake mirages when the wind kicked up. Extra photos are views of the surrounding mountain ranges and pissibly a boardwalk with the marshes before they got going in the forefront, as well as an American coot scooting past and a Canadian Goose with its head down.

At this point I was maybe an hour west of Jasper, but I went west for a bit. Good recreation sites to the west that offer free camping. I’m sticking to hikes for the daily posts, but I’ll maybe post some of the other stuff on a different community at some point.

Helmcken Falls, the tallest (463 ft) waterfall at Wells Gray park. The main viewpoint requires no hiking, while the route behind is an easy 5 mi round trip that starts at a nearby parking area. Known for its large snow cone, by 4/25 there was only enough left to block my view from behind. Kinda had bad timing for this overall, both too soon and too late and then I hit it with the sun both blazing and shadowed in the canyon.

Extra photos include a view of the snowpack behind obscuring the falls but maintaining the view out over the valley, a shot just upstream of the falls with a rainbow in the mist (would’ve been cool over the falls, not bitter at all haha) and a little tighter shot of the falls.

That’s the end of my time at Wells Gray, Spahats was under renovation still and the rest of the park was still closed for winter.

Dawson Falls, next of the three large waterfalls that were accessible when I passed through wells gray park in mid-April. The hike is all reward, low effort as you walk the short distance from the downstream viewpoint to beside its base. Highwater may put falls in upper viewpoint. Additional photos show two side views, one looking over the lip and the other looking alongside it from the upper viewpoint, and a third photo that is instead a vertical shot of the falls from downstream.

Moul Falls. Easy hike at the beginning of #WellsGray park. Drops 115 ft straight down, while you’ll have to take the stairs. You can hike behind the waterfall as well, but it was still landslidey when I was there. Hiked 4/3/25. Canon r8 w 24-50mm. Additional pictures show the stairways, a view from the top with some stairs in view on the left and the creek flowing out from the falls on the right, and an unnamed waterfall you’ll pass on the trail.

Is there any way we could get functionality for alt text to automatically generate if its included in the metadata description? Hopefully this is an acceptable forum to ask.

This short but steep trail twists and turns as you climb the many stairs to reach the top. Included photos show two more views of all the ups and downs through the forests, and one cluster of trilliums in pink and white. Hiked April 16 2025.

Some photos of the northern lights as seen the other day. They were really going strong for a while there around 1am MT. Brief description for photos in body: Wide angle views of the borthern lights, the beams were strongly visible in the purple areas and when it was really going would flare up in the yellow. The yellow lower sections were boiling at times as they waved around. If the alt text doesn’t come through I have ‘do a barrel roll’ for one of the loops of the underside.

All photos taken on a canon r8, using either a rokinon 14mm or a canon 24-50mm.