{"id":801,"date":"2015-05-17T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2019-03-16T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T17:49:03","slug":"sherbrooke-lake-yoho-national-park-british-columbia-canada-7-25-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada (7-25-14)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was 41\u00b0F and still totally overcast when Lupe and\u00a0SPHP woke up in the G6.\u00a0 It had rained a little during the night, but by now the pavement was mostly dry.\u00a0 SPHP\u00a0drove over to a picnic area\u00a0near the N end of the Bow Parkway.\u00a0 No one else was around yet.\u00a0 While SPHP made a bit of breakfast, Lupe sniffed\u00a0around.\u00a0 There wasn’t too much for her to do since the squirrels weren’t even up yet.<\/p>\n

On the drive\u00a0over to the picnic ground, SPHP had seen\u00a0new snow high up on the mountains. \u00a0Not so much to the E & S, but a fair amount to the N.\u00a0 The gray skies, mountaintops lost in the clouds, and new snow made the mountains look beautiful, but also remote and vaguely threatening.<\/p>\n

After breakfast, Lupe and SPHP drove over to Lake Louise Village so SPHP could mail a postcard.\u00a0 While there, SPHP chanced to meet a 74 year old\u00a0man from San Diego, CA.\u00a0 He was friendly and talkative.\u00a0 He was on a six month tour of the Canadian Rockies and the American West in a little motor home all by himself.<\/p>\n

That sounded pretty awesome!\u00a0 SPHP enjoyed chatting with him.\u00a0\u00a0The man mentioned the hike to Sherbrooke Lake as a pretty nice one, and not too long.\u00a0\u00a0It sounded like a good idea to SPHP on a cool, drippy,\u00a0overcast day when\u00a0the mountains were hidden in the clouds anyway.<\/p>\n

\"Sherbrooke<\/a>
Sherbrooke Lake from the SE shore, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe and SPHP had actually planned to go to Sherbrooke Lake while in the Canadian Rockies back in 2013, but SPHP had not found the trailhead.\u00a0 This time, with the help of a tip from the guy from San Diego, it wasn’t a problem.<\/p>\n

From Lake Louise,\u00a0Lupe and SPHP\u00a0headed N and then W on the Trans-Canada Hwy No. 1 past the turn off for the Icefields Parkway Hwy No. 93.\u00a0 After entering Yoho National Park, SPHP slowed down when Wapta Lake came into view on the S side of the highway.\u00a0 On the N side of the highway across from the lake is the Great Divide Lodge.\u00a0 SPHP turned into the big parking lot for the Great Divide Lodge.\u00a0 It turned out the trailhead wasn’t there, but SPHP knew it had to be close by.<\/p>\n

Getting back on Trans-Canada Hwy No. 1 and continuing W\u00a0just 0.25 mile from the Great Divide Lodge, SPHP saw another turnoff on the N side of the highway.\u00a0 There was no sign, but this was the correct turn for the Sherbrooke\u00a0Lake trailhead.\u00a0 The road went N up a little hill, and then curved E to end at the trailhead parking lot, which wasn’t far from the highway at all.\u00a0 There were no other vehicles at the misty trailhead.\u00a0 Low gray clouds were dripping light rain sporadically when Lupe set out on the trail to Sherbrooke Lake.<\/p>\n

The trail goes through the forest the entire 3.1 km to Sherbrooke Lake.\u00a0 Nearly all of the 165 m elevation gain occurs on the first part of the trail before it reaches a junction at 1.4 km with a trail to the lookout on Paget Peak<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(8,465 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Ordinarily, SPHP would have been tempted to check out Paget Peak, but it seemed pointless to climb up into the fog.\u00a0 The last part of the trek to Sherbrooke Lake was a pleasant stroll through the dripping forest with little elevation change.\u00a0 Lupe was pretty damp, but in good spirits when she reached Sherbrooke Lake along its SE shore.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A damp Lupe reaches the SE shore of Sherbrooke Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.\u00a0 Photo is looking N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under the overcast skies, Sherbrooke Lake was a light gray-green color.\u00a0 The air was calm, and the lake was smooth with hardly a ripple on its surface.\u00a0 The trail continued another 1.4 km along the E shore of the lake to the far N end.<\/p>\n

Everything was sopping wet, as Lupe and SPHP headed N along\u00a0the lakeshore trail.\u00a0 Little streams\u00a0crossed the trail\u00a0on their way\u00a0down into the lake.\u00a0\u00a0Small birds were perched up in the trees near the water’s edge.\u00a0 Lupe barked enthusiastically at them.\u00a0 There were even a few squirrels around.\u00a0 Her barking echoed through the valley, but no one else was around to care.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The NW shore of Sherbrooke Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the far NE\u00a0corner of Sherbrooke Lake, the trail went into some terrain covered with tall bushes as it started around the N shore.\u00a0 Here there were larger creeks flowing down into the lake.\u00a0 The trail started to fade quickly as it went into the wet bushes.\u00a0 There were rounded stones on the ground and muddy places.\u00a0 SPHP\u00a0got\u00a0the impression that this whole area Lupe was approaching was a big wash where a larger braided stream was depositing rocks and mud, slowly filling in the N end of the lake.<\/p>\n

It was starting to rain more steadily.\u00a0 The trail was\u00a0fading away as it headed into the tall wet bushes.\u00a0 The larger streams Lupe now encountered were difficult to cross without getting wet.\u00a0 It was becoming clear that continuing on meant both Lupe and SPHP would get totally soaked.\u00a0 Without adequate rain gear, it was time to turn around.\u00a0 Lupe\u00a0was just as happy barking at birds on the way back S along the E shore of the lake, as she had been going N.<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking back to the S from the NE corner of Sherbrooke Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe and SPHP had seen\u00a0no one at all on the entire trip to Sherbrooke Lake, but on the way back a couple from Edmonton appeared at\u00a0the junction with the trail to the Paget Peak lookout.\u00a0 They were very nice and SPHP\u00a0chatted with them for\u00a0a while.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton couple were on their way to the N end of Sherbrooke Lake where Lupe had just been, except they were going to continue on beyond the lake.\u00a0 They said that the trail does not end at the N end of Sherbrooke Lake.\u00a0 Not too far N of the lake is a headwall.\u00a0 The trail climbs up and over the headwall to some fantastically beautiful territory (Niles Meadows) and goes on toward Niles Peak.\u00a0 Definitely worth checking out sometime, but sissy SPHP wanted to do it in better weather.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton couple was\u00a0justifiably excited about a trip to the Himalayas they were going to take in the relatively near future.\u00a0 They planned on spending time at a 14,000 foot elevation base camp near Mt. Everest, although\u00a0they had no plans to climb Everest.\u00a0 The airfare there was the big expense.\u00a0 They could hire a Sherpa for $10 per day to haul all of their gear, cook, make camp, etc.\u00a0 SPHP made a mental note to cross Sherpa off the list of possible\u00a0career\u00a0opportunities.<\/p>\n

Of more immediate interest\u00a0to SPHP was another trek in the Canadian Rockies that they recommended.\u00a0 Across the Icefields Parkway Hwy No. 93 from the Crowfoot Glacier near Bow Lake is the Helen Lake\u00a0trailhead.\u00a0 From Helen Lake it is possible to climb up to the top of Cirque Peak where there are fabulous views of the Wapta Icefield, Bow Lake and Bow Glacier Falls.\u00a0 Two days later Lupe and SPHP actually climbed Cirque Peak<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 The experience was everything the couple from Edmonton promised it would be and more!<\/p>\n

Just before 1:00 PM, a very soggy Lupe was back at the trailhead.\u00a0 Lupe hopped right into the G6 and\u00a0began licking herself dry.\u00a0 She’d had a great time on the trail to Sherbrooke Lake.\u00a0 It really had been an enjoyable outing and had only taken a few hours.\u00a0 Sometime in the future Lupe and SPHP hope to return to see Niles Meadows.<\/p>\n

Lupe’s 2014 visit to Sherbrooke Lake was over.\u00a0 It rained for a while.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP took a nap.\u00a0 By the time SPHP woke up, the rain had tapered off.\u00a0 Lupe\u00a0and SPHP\u00a0returned\u00a0to Lake Louise Village.\u00a0 There was still\u00a0time left in the day\u00a0to do something else.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP headed for Moraine Lake for a walk along the lakeshore trail.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada 7-25-14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the big rock pile at the outlet end of Moraine Lake, SPHP was amazed how blue the lake was despite the still cloudy skies.<\/p>\n

\"Moraine<\/a>
Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks from the rock pile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After dinner, Lupe and SPHP went to Lake Louise to take a wonderful evening stroll to the end of the lake.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe took an evening stroll along beautiful Lake Louise to the far side of the lake. Mt. Lefroy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 (11,293 ft.)<\/strong><\/span> (L) and Mount Victoria<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (11,375 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(center) visible in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chateau<\/a>
The Chateau du Lac Louise<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is visible beyond Lupe across Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada 7-25-14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The views at Lake Louise\u00a0looked even a bit more spectacular this evening with the bit of fresh snow from last night still lingering on the peaks.<\/p>\n

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