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Despite rain for most of the day, the skies were clear as we pulled into the vast parking lot
at Moraine Lake in the late afternoon. I can imagine that if you arrive here in late
morning on a sunny day, you'll have no chance of finding a parking space, even with the size of
the lot.
We found a trail sign that pointed us toward Consolation Lakes. This also heads toward the
Moraine Lake viewpoint. The entire trail is paved. We followed it up some steps. Despite
the relatively late hour, there were still lots of people on the trail, most of them coming
down.
A large talus field blocks views to the right of the trail. There are large signs
telling people not to climb onto the rocks there. At the top of the stairs is a left fork --
the trail going to Consolation Lakes. If you plan on doing that or any other hike in the
Moraine Lake area other than the viewpoint trail or walking along the lake shore, you'll
probably need to stay in a tight group of 4 or more hikers. These restrictions are put into
place because grizzly bears frequent this area.
Warning sign at the Consolation Lakes trail
Clouds around top of mountain to north of trail
View looking north from the trail
We were only doing the viewpoint trail today, so we kept to the right. We reached the top
and were met with our first view of Moraine Lake. Beautiful. Our first thought was: How
does it have the beautiful greenish blue color? We enjoyed the view of the colorful lake
with several majestic jagged peaks behind it. People in a canoe rowed peacefully in the lake
below.
Canoe in Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake
As we headed back, I saw the completely unexpected sight of a microwave oven sitting on a
rock. It took me a few seconds to realize that they're doing construction here, and the
workers had hooked up a microwave to cook their lunch. So by the time you do this trail,
it may be a bit different than when we did it. But I'm sure it'll still be paved, short, and
have great views of the lake.
Microwave oven next to the trail
Looking east from the top
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