A steady climb from the highway past each of the three lakes in turn, with the glacier getting closer at every one, then back down the same way.
مقاطع
- Lower Joffre Lake
Parking lot ← Lower Joffre Lake
Flat, well-graded path
A five-minute walk from the car brings you to the first lake, already a startling colour, with the glacier visible far up the valley. It is the view that draws most people here, and it takes no effort at all. Take the photo and keep going. About 10 minutes.
- Forest climb and the moraine
Lower Joffre Lake ← Base of the moraine climb
Forest trail with roots and some steps, then a rocky moraine
The trail climbs steadily through forest, then crosses a rocky moraine, the debris left behind by a retreating glacier. The old boulder-hopping sections have been improved, but footing is still uneven and slippery when wet. This is the steepest sustained part of the day. About 50 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Mount Matier is a prominent 2,783-metre (9,131-foot) mountain summit located in the Coast Mountains, in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point of the Joffre Group, which is a subset range of the Coast Mountains. It is situated 26 km (16 mi) east of Pemberton, and 9 km (6 mi) northeast of Lillooet Lake. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Weart, 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest. The slopes of the mountain are covered by the Matier Glacier on the northwest, Anniversary Glacier on the northeast, Twin One Glacier on the southeast, and Hartzell Glacier to the south. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into Joffre Creek and Twin One Creek, both tributaries of the Lillooet River.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0 - Middle Joffre Lake and the waterfall
Top of the moraine ← Middle Joffre Lake
Rough trail, then lakeshore
Middle Lake is the most vivid of the three, framed by trees and backed by the glacier. A waterfall pours in nearby. The log reaching into the lake here is the famous photo spot; queues form on summer mornings, and the log is slick. About 40 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Joffre Peak is a 2,721-metre (8,927-foot) mountain summit located in the Coast Mountains, in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the second-highest point of the Joffre Group, which is a subset of the Lillooet Ranges. It is situated 26 km (16 mi) east of Pemberton and 11 km (7 mi) northeast of Lillooet Lake. Joffre is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 1,500 meters (4,920 ft) above Cayoosh Creek in 4 km (2.5 mi). The nearest higher peak is Mount Matier, 1.6 km (1 mi) to the south. The mountain's climate supports the Matier Glacier on the southwest slope, and the Anniversary Glacier on the southeast slope. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into Joffre Creek and Cayoosh Creek which are within the Fraser River watershed.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: 潘世博 · CC BY-SA 2.0 - Upper Joffre Lake
Middle Joffre Lake ← Upper Joffre Lake
Narrower, rougher trail with rocky sections
The last stretch is narrower and rougher, climbing past cascades to the top lake, which sits directly below the hanging glacier on Mount Matier. Find a rock on the shore away from the campground, eat lunch and watch the ice. Stay well clear of the glacier and the slope below it. About 45 minutes, plus time at the lake.
عن هذا المكان
Mount Matier is a prominent 2,783-metre (9,131-foot) mountain summit located in the Coast Mountains, in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point of the Joffre Group, which is a subset range of the Coast Mountains. It is situated 26 km (16 mi) east of Pemberton, and 9 km (6 mi) northeast of Lillooet Lake. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Weart, 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest. The slopes of the mountain are covered by the Matier Glacier on the northwest, Anniversary Glacier on the northeast, Twin One Glacier on the southeast, and Hartzell Glacier to the south. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into Joffre Creek and Twin One Creek, both tributaries of the Lillooet River.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0 - Back down to the parking lot
Upper Joffre Lake ← Parking lot
Same trail in reverse
Retrace the route past Middle and Lower Lakes. The descent is kinder on the lungs but harder on the knees, and the moraine and roots are where people slip. About 1.5 hours.
عن هذا المكان
Pemberton is a village municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. This Pemberton Valley community is on the southwest shore of the Lillooet River and northeast shore of Pemberton Creek. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road about 153 kilometres (95 mi) north of Vancouver, 33 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of Whistler, and 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Lillooet.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Philippe Giabbanelli · CC BY 3.0
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