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Danielle Tourigny Explorer

Maine resident and Emergency Medicine PA-C with a love of all things nature. Traveling around to find the most beautiful spots and most delicious eats.

We decided to do this trail kind of last minute since it was short and the sun was setting. We were the only people on the entire hike and we really enjoyed having the place to ourselves. It was my first time on a suspension bridge so that was exciting! And watching the water run through where lava once had really got me thinking. It was definitely a cool experience.

This hike was recommended to us by our campground host near Lake Louise (little place called Mosquito Campground 30 mins away from the lake that I highly recommend). It was definitely one of our favorite hikes in the Icefield Parkway area because it gave us a birds eye view of Athabasca Glacier. We had the entire view to ourselves and it was absolutely breathtaking.

Originally thought that this trail led to the famous watchman overlook. Turns out this is a different spot entirely, but the view at sunset was still absolutely beautiful and even better we had the place to ourselves. I suppose everyone was at the actual overlook!