by Brian Patton | Oct 30, 2016 | Backpacking, Government, Jasper National Park |
Washed out bridges that aren’t replaced. Deteriorating backcountry campsites with grotty outhouses. Landslides and fires wiping out sections of trails, some permanently. Tracks over alpine passes awash and churned into muddy soup. Numerous trails decommissioned... by Brian Patton | Jan 8, 2016 | Backpacking, Banff National Park, Great Divide Trail |
Of a number of trails that have disappeared since the first edition of the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, Howse Pass may be the most famous. The trail up the Howse River to Howse Pass and the Columbia Valley beyond was first travelled by North West Company fur trader... by Brian Patton | Nov 4, 2015 | 2013 Floods, Backpacking, Jasper National Park, Trip reports |
We originally hiked and measured Jasper Park’s South Boundary Trail many years ago, but a lot has changed since then. Wildfires, floods, rampaging grizzly bears (well, we did have a rampaging grizzly bear). The only way we can keep the Canadian Rockies Trail... by Brian Patton | Jun 20, 2015 | Backpacking, Jasper National Park, Trip reports |
UPDATE: The section of South Boundary Trail referenced below in this post has been decommissioned and is now impassible. The South Boundary Trail now officially starts along the Cardinal River Road. The new route is described pages 236 to 240 in the Canadian Rockies... by Brian Patton | Dec 11, 2014 | Backpacking, Jasper National Park |
2024 UPDATE: Although still a classified as a wilderness route, the trail between Maligne Pass and Maligne Lake has been resurrected. Camping is now permitted at the old campsites (although no bridges have been replaced), and the route is marked on Parks Canada maps... by Brian Patton | Aug 13, 2014 | Backpacking, Jasper National Park, Trip reports
It isn’t news to active hikers and backpackers in Jasper, but the South Boundary Trail as it appears in the 9th edition of the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide doesn’t really work anymore. In the last edition of our guidebook, we alluded to problems between Breccia Canyon...