Saturday 19 April 2014

Joffre Lakes Trail

~ nota bene : one of the three beautiful Joffre Lakes is depicted in my blog background ~
This day hike takes about 4 hours return and takes you up into the alpine of Joffre Lakes Provincial Park.
I did this hike last summer with a couple of friends from Whistler. It's a bit of a drive to get there (especially if you're leaving from Vancouver like I was) but the 3 lakes are stunning!  
The trail head is off of the Duffey Lake Road, past Pemberton, on the way to Lillooet.
As soon as you enter and walk a few minutes you get a view of the first lake.
It's really worth it to hike to the third though and you can stop and have a swim in the second if you're brave enough...however these are glacier fed lakes so the water is LITERALLY breathtaking.
This hike had some steep sections and it's a bit of a workout but my friend who came with me was extremely hungover and made it so I'm sure you can too.
There are camping areas around the third lake so if you're willing to carry all of your gear up to the top you are rewarded with million-dollar-view camping spot.
Also, the day we went there were mad bugs so I'd recommend some bug spray!
Middle Joffre Lake


quick dip

2 comments:

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  2. Hello, Ruby.
    I know thee not,
    my fair N savvy liege...
    yet, Jesus knows thy words fully
    as told unto Him by
    your two, mighty Gaudian Angels.
    And I consider myself a prophet.
    Why?
    Lemme wanna gonna asketh thou this
    (our tok is parta Seventh-Heaven):
    Who else would speak of the
    Great Beyond in such eloquent,
    symbiotic passion than moi, aussi??
    YOU? who-dont-yet-know-Him???
    THEM? very few of em do anymore...
    preferring to stay conformed to
    the starwart, filthy whorizontal.
    So... I guess it's just us, goirl.
    And I reeeeeeeeelly wanna have you
    Upstairs to live F O R E V E R...

    Howd'ya make it to where
    the Son never sets, lil one???

    1. Love God alone...
    2. Love everyone else.
    that's it!
    that's all!!
    Those are the first 2 Commandments
    of Almighty God to enter
    into eternal Paradise.
    How easy in this lifelong demise.

    But, yet, most of U.S. dont wanna;
    we prefer to be indifferent or
    be too pridefull or hatefull cuzza
    the worldly possessions which pass-
    away like sand at the seashore...
    the waves covering our sins if we'd
    just go to confession which is what
    I do...

    Nevertheless, precious, precocious
    indelible soul...
    trustNjesus, dear, which is YOUR
    starting point.
    ALWAYS.
    God bless your indelible soul:
    while your soul lives forever,
    your body decomposes to dust
    till the resurrection when we'll
    party-hardy Upstairs...

    I. Love. You.
    Doesn't matter if you're an atheist.
    Jesus isnt.
    And who'll YOU have to stand
    before once YOU croak, lil one?
    I was an agnostic for yeeers...
    but I decided WTF.
    Better to believe and live RITE.
    Look-up 'Blaise Pascal'
    on Google.

    I. Love. You.
    And I wanna serve you and love you
    in the eternal Great Beyond. So...
    Meet me Upstairs.
    Let's getta Big-Ol beer.
    Gotta lotta tok bout
    celebrating our eternal resurrection
    Cya soon, doll...

    ReplyDelete