
Spirit Island on Maligne Lake
今天主要行程安排在大套票的最後一個旅遊行程~~ 瑪琳湖遊湖(Maligne Lake Cruise),然後到落磯山公園四大峽谷之一的瑪琳峽谷(Maligne Canyon)健行,回到Jasper之後到近郊的Patricia Lake、Pyramid Lake及Jasper街區逛逛,算是悠閒的一天!
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08:20 從Jasper住宿的民宿出發,出了市區走小段AB-16A及AB-16後轉入Maligne Lake Rd一路朝Maligne Lake東南行,今天是個多雲的天氣,期待有燦爛的陽光是不可能,但願不要下雨就心滿意足了。
09:08 路邊停了一排車輛,多年的經驗告訴我發現野生動物了,就在到路下方蠻遠的枯樹林中有一隻黑熊正在覓食,實在太遠了鏡頭拉不進來,拍得不是很清楚。

Bear in the Jasper National Park
09:17 經過Medicine Lake,天氣陰霾沒停下來拍照。

Medicine Lake
09:35 抵達Maligne Lake。



Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park
瑪琳湖(Maligne Lake)位於加拿大Alberta省的賈斯伯國家公園(Jasper National Park)中,是一個狹長形湖泊,長22.5公里,寬1.5公里,平均深35公尺,最深可達97公尺,表面積為19.71平方公里,因湖水藍綠的顏色和位於湖中的精靈島(Spirit Island)而知名,被評為世界上最上鏡的湖泊之一。
瑪琳湖(Maligne Lake)是世界第二大的冰河湖,也是落磯山脈中唯一可行駛馬達船的湖泊;乘坐瑪琳湖的遊艇行駛在風景如畫的湖光山色中,眼看湖邊兩岸的連綿起伏雪山真是一大享受。

Maligne Lake ticket office

Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park
我們抵達搭乘遊艇的碼頭登記後便排隊登船,今天的天氣真不合作,烏雲密布,甚而罩住靄靄山頭,讓明媚的湖光山色遜色不少。


Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park




Maligne Lake Cruise
10:35 船行半小時後抵達行船的折返點碼頭,所有遊客在此下遊艇停留15分鐘,有名的精靈島(Spirit Island)即在碼頭不遠處,我們隨著遊客在湖邊小徑繞了一圈,15分鐘還真綽綽有餘。

Hiking trail behind Maligne Lake





Spirit Island on Maligne Lake
搭原遊艇循原路線回到碼頭後已是十一點半,在遊客中心餐廳用完中餐後決定到湖邊走走。
12:10 Hiking (Moose Lake Loop)。
湖畔有許多健行步道,我們用完午餐後選了一條簡單的Moose Lake Loop來走,該步道全長約2公里,一小時左右即走完全程。




Moose Lake Loop trail

Maligne Lake, hiker on moose lake trail
13:10 離開 Maligne Lake,循原路回行。
當車子行經Medicine Lake湖邊到路時又見一排車子停路旁,此次看得清楚了,一隻黑熊就在到路右側覓食,此次近得多了,距離車子約在20公尺左右。



Bear in the Jasper National Park
拍完黑熊後車子續行,當離開瑪琳湖(Maligne Lake)行車約37公里左右來到Maligne Canyon右岔路,右轉進入約兩百多公尺即抵達停車場。
14:00 Maligne Canyon Hiking。

Maligne Canyon gift shop
瑪琳峽谷(Maligne Canyon)位於賈斯伯(Jasper)鎮東北約10公里處,是由瑪琳湖(Maligne Lake)下游的巫醫湖(Medicine Lake)湖水滲入地下後所形成的暗河侵蝕而成,這個峽谷是落磯山公園四大峽谷之一(另三個分別是Banff的Johnston Canyon, Mistaya Canyon和Kootenay的Marble Canyon),也是四個裡頭健行步道距離最長的。與其他三個峽谷不同的是,別的峽谷步道都是從下往上走,Maligne Canyon則是從上往下走,景區的起點第一橋(1st bridge)位於峽谷的上方,腳下危石聳立,更有多條瀑布急流,地勢險峻,而終點的第六橋(6th bridge)則離Maligne公路入口不遠,是下游的河灘,兩相比較,便可看出峽谷的落差。



Maligne Canyon
遊客可沿著峽谷中建造的步道和六座小橋自行參觀,如從第一橋走到谷底第六橋單程3.7公里,來回要兩三個小時,多數遊客是走到第四橋就折回,因為第五橋和第六橋從Maligne Lake 公路都另有道路抵達;我們本預計走完全程,但從第五橋到第六橋途中因步道積水難行而折返,共走了兩個小時。




Maligne Canyon hiling
16:20 離開Maligne Canyon驅車到Jasper近郊的金字塔湖(Pyramid Lake)。
派翠西亞湖(Patricia Lake)和金字塔湖(Pyramid Lake)均為冰磧湖,沿著賈斯伯鎮後方一條蜿蜒的道路,穿過一些山丘,即可抵達這兩座景緻如畫的湖泊;派翠西亞湖(Patricia Lake)在左邊,再往前行即為金字塔湖(Pyramid Lake),這兩座湖均坐落在Pyramid山脈腳下,壯麗的山景,是野餐、釣魚、划船的熱門地點。
在湖邊小逛後旋即開車回昨晚住宿的民宿,然後到Jasper街區逛街及用晚餐。

Totem pole at Jasper Station







Town of Jasper

Jasper train station


Jasper The Bear Statue
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