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The AMAZING Skyline Trail 4 days42 km Family Backpacking Part 1
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The Skyline Trail is a hiking trail in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The trail is recognized as one of the most scenic and popular backpacking trails in the Canadian Rockies. With 25 km of the total 44.1 km of the trail at or above the treeline, it offers magnificent views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. It is normally hiked over two days from Maligne Lake to the bottom of Signal Mountain, but we chose to hike it at a more moderate pace over 4 days. It is recommended to hike the trail south to north from Maligne Lake, as the fire road descending to Signal Mountain on the north end is an 800m elevation loss. There are three challenging passes to conquer, including the highest section of trail in Jasper National Park, called the Notch . • Filmed Aug 10-13, 2017. • There are campgrounds at 5 km, 8 km, 12 km, 19 km, 30 km, and 35 km, offering options for hikers of any persuasion (Evelyn Creek, Little Shovel, Snowbowl, Curator, Tekarra, and Signal respectively). • Camping is only permitted at the designated campgrounds, which must be reserved in advance. Visitors are recommended to book sites as early as possible, as the Skyline Trail is one of the busiest backpacking trails in the Rockies. • This is my 6th time on the Skyline, 2nd for my wife and the first time for the boys. I’m lucky because I got to enjoy it back in the days when it wasn’t so popular. Back then I could bring my dog and make fires at the campsites that were below the tree line. (Dogs are now banned because of a few caribou). I’ve seen the transformation over the year. Now the trail has been built up with mechanical hoes, culverts have been installed and the bridges are made of pressure treated lumber. The campsites have steel food caches, chemical toilets, picnic tables and built-up tent pads. • It’s still a gorgeous area worth seeing. The latest problem is that the park takes on-line electronic reservations for the trail. They don’t even save room for last minute walk-ups. Since only about 30 people can start on the trail every day, and because there is snow well into July, the hiking season is very short. All the camp sites were reserved by noon on the opening day of the reservation system back in January. • Our trip itinerary wasn’t ideal because we had to hike only • 8.3 km on the first day and stay at the Little Shovel campground. The next day we hiked to Curator. • This video is about the views along the way, especially at the Curator basin, and not so much about hiking skills. This is not my usual format, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. • Part 2, featuring the “Notch”, is even more spectacular. • 0:00 Intro • 0:11 Three days of food for 5 people • 0:40 The trail head • 2:25 Little Shovel campground • 4:16 A bird eats out of my hand • 10:29 Big Shovel pass • 16:35 Curator campground • -------------- • #Skyline #Martyupnorth #Backpacking
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