Jasper Skyline Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 27.38 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,616 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 6,253 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,333 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 3,875 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 265
- Uploaded
- January 12, 2008
- Recorded
- January 2008
near Mountain Park, Alberta (Canada)
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Itinerary description
This is a vey nice, three day hike which traverses the Maligne Range at the Jasper National Park. In the first day we covered 12 km from the Maligne lake parking lot to the Snowball campsite (total ascent 600 m). The second day was the hardest, as we had to walk for 19 km through two passes: Big Shovel and the Notch (the highest point of the trail and 2600 m) before reaching Tekarra campsite. Finally the third day we covered 13 km descending to the Canyon Hostel and the Maligne Road where we took a bus back to Maligne Lake.
Waypoints
Waypoint
5,533 ft
Maligne Lake
Waypoint
8,216 ft
The Notch (Highest Point)
Waypoint
3,876 ft
Trail End
Waypoint
6,699 ft
Signal Lookout
Waypoint
6,890 ft
Snowball (First Day Campsite)
Waypoint
5,913 ft
Evelyn Creek
Waypoint
7,599 ft
Big Shovel Pass
Waypoint
6,847 ft
Tekarra (Second Day Campisite)
Waypoint
6,494 ft
Little Shovel Pass
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This is a great trail. I visited the area and did some easy hiking around Maligne Lake but didn't know about this multi-day trail. I guess it is not recommended/allowed to do it by yourself alone, any recommendation regarding guides? (ok, I'm thinking in bears here :)
Nice shots btw, and thanks for sharing!
Many thanks for the info! got your message although it appeared in a trip that I uploaded from a spanish site and wasn't mine :) I've drop it and am attaching your msg below:
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Actually we did the route by ourselves (we are two). There are campsites on the way (in fact those are the end of the first and second days), but you have to carry your own tent. The trail is easy to follow and we met other people travelling without guides. Regarding bears, we (unhappily) didn't see any, but all campsites have posts to hang your backpacks and keep your food away of them (and the tents). You can buy a map at Jasper tourist information center. They will inform you about the campsites (there are at least 1 or 2 more) and the bus. Please check the availability of the campsites (they have limited number of sites).
Best regards,
Jordi
Fantastic trail and great track. I completed this hike exactly as you described it a number of years ago, I also remember seeing the marmots you posted as well. Thanks for posting.
Superb route. It may be that we do in the near future
A greeting
complimenti per la foto https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/jasper-skyline-trail-83256/photo-8293
good https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/jasper-skyline-trail-83256/photo-8293
This GPS track seems to be offset to the north by ~500m compared to both Google Maps (which shows the skyline trail in its base map) and the underlying topo map in my app. There's another one on this site by Belanda which matches better. I thought I might get the campsite waypoints by downloading this but they don't seem to appear in the GPX data