Joffre Lakes(edit)

Joffre Lakes Trail. Smooth at start, rough in rockslide above first lake. From the parking lot, the obvious trail leads five kilometers up Joffre Creek past three beautiful alpine lakes (Lower, Middle, and Upper Joffre Lakes). At Upper Joffre Lake, the trail forks, with the right branch continuing south up the valley towards Mount Taylor and Tszil Mountain. The left branch ends shortly at an undeveloped campground on the shores of Upper Joffre Lake with the dramatic Matier Glacier icefall high above. This trail provides the easiest approach for Mount Taylor, Tszil Mountain, Slalok Mountain (N Face and W Ridge). Cerise Creek is the other approach for the Matier Glacier and is usually preferred in winter. To reach the Matier Glacier, traverse quickly under the icefall to the east side. A series of broken slabs make for an easy (even easy when wet) class 2 ascent up towards the glacier. From high up on the slabs, traverse right on snowslopes towards a corridor between the icefall on the right and a rock buttress on the left. When snow covered, this corridor gives easy access to the Matier Glacier. Hearsay has it that this section offers loose 3rd class scrambling once the snow melts (Kevin McLane, Alpine Select). An alternative is to ascend directly up over the rock buttress and down the other side to the glacier. Once above the Matier Icefall, it is an easy glacier walk up to the Matier-Joffre Col, or to the other peaks that border the icefield.<br>2017.12.03 - Ryan Allderman - Packed Trail to Upper Lake. ..We followed the trail on skis to the upper lake, the first and second lakes had some unfrozen sections so we did not try to cross them. We did cross the third lake. Snow coverage is fairly low at the first/ second lake and travel in the forest would not be pleasant. There is one blowdown on the trail near the end of the first lake. 2015.12.16 - Andrew Wong - Packed trail to upper lake ..30cm-45cm packed trail from parking lot to upper lake, easy for skiers snowshoers (no posthole craters. yet). Lower and Upper Joffre lakes are mostly frozen but not all the tracks are on solid ice--some sections seemed very soft mushy (which we avoided). Open creeks ditches in the forest. There is parking for 8-10 cars in the lot.

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