Oh, Emerald Lake. I love your sparkling waters, your surreal color and especially, your immediate access to stunningly beautiful places. Heck, you even have a restaurant to reward myself with at the end of a hard, sweet day on the trails. On a summer's day, you are the bomb. I always enjoy soaking my tired legs in your pristine water to recover from your glorious trails. The Emerald Triangle is a classic: from the shoreline of Emerald Lake you climb to Yoho Pass, across the Wapta Highline to Burgess Pass. A long descent through a cedar forest takes you back to the lake to complete the loop.
Classic Emerald Lake Shoreline
Every year, the water changes it's course across the alluvial fan.
I'm going there! Mount Wapta Highline
Heading up Yoho Pass
Last chance to splash. The highline is dry in August.
Looking across at the President's Range and Emerald Basin
High on Emerald Lake
Pine Cones are Cool
Nearing Mount Burgess
Alpine Fireweed
Burgess and the Kicking Horse Valley
Emerald Glacier and the Vice President
Looking back on the Highline
Happy Leslie
