July 11 - Moraine Lake

We got up early this morning and left towards Moraine Lake, which is about 30 minutes from our campground.

This place is AMAZING! We have never seen water this colour before. The color of the water makes you feel like you are in the Carribbean, but surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. It is really nice!

After admiring this beautiful lake, we decided to go on our 5.6 KM hike called The Valley of the Ten Peaks at the Eiffel Lake (which is in Moraine Lake area). The first part was very tough. we gain an elevatioun of 320 meters. Let's not forget that we have never hiked a REAL mountain! lol Anyways, once that tough part was over, we walked along the side of a mountain on a narrow trail. This was probably the best part because you could see perfectly ten peaks of enormous rocky mountains. It is quite the scenery! We finally arrived at the Eiffel Lake where we had a little picnic. We met 2 woman, from the area, one of them worked for Banff National Park, and we learned we could continue further to the Wenkchemna Pass, which is, in total, 9.7 KM, one way, from Moraine Lake and we gain elevation of 720 meters! WOW! It was tough, but well worth it when we got to the top. We had an amazing view of the valley and also on the other side of the pass. This where we learned our lesson, even if it is in the middle of the summer, you still need a winter jacket in the rockies!! We counted that we hiked through 11 snow banks and at the top of the pass it felt like in the middle of January! BRRRR.....Let's put it this way, it is the first time that Melanie wears mittens during the summer season! We would definitly recommend this hike! Well worth it!

That night we wanted to go to the hotsprings, but we decided to update our blog. That was a big mistake! ehehehhe...

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