Carnarvon Lake revisited - a NEW way to reach this amazing lake & footage of the chain section
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2024
- Carnarvon Lake is a classic tarn located in the shadow of Mount Strachan in Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It's a popular destination because the trailhead is only 90 minutes south-west of Calgary, and the usual hike in is less than 10 km.
The usual trailhead is located at the Cat Creek Recreational Area along highway 40. This highway is closed from December 1 to June 15th every year, so an early season hike to this lake requires an additional 7 km of walking along the road just to reach the trailhead.
On this trip, my companion and I decided to skip the road section, and hike in by following the south shore of the Highwood River, and head up to the head waters of Fitzsimmons Creek.
Along the way we got to explore old logging sites and horse campgrounds. I hope you enjoy this.
Here's a map of our hike on CalTopo: caltopo.com/m/JUV91
0:00 Introduction
0:18 Map of our itinerary
1:34 At the trail head
5:02 Our camp on day 1
10:36 Making coffee
24:08 Sunrise over the lake
26:53 Going down the chain section
36:12 Fording the Highwood River
#Carnarvon #Kananaskis #backpacking
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Marty, that was fantastic. I needed that. Thanks !!!
Carnarvon Lake looks amazing!!! this is a serious hike!!!
Hey Marty, thanks for this...I found your previous Carnarvon Lake video, which led to this one. I did a back pack into Carnarvon every summer for 4 years in the early 90's use to be some good cut throat trout fishing, stopped going when I started running into more and more people...thanks for this, brought back some pretty great memories. Be well and trek safe.
Always great to see Marty on an adventure.
More to come!
Beautiful Alberta! Thanks for sharing Marty! Quite the trek.
Glad you enjoyed it
Who says a person needs to go to the mountain parks,when there’s Kananaskis? Beautiful place and great video,Marty.
Thanks Marty! Great trip!
My pleasure!!
Well done 👏
Thank you! Cheers!
I recently purchased one of those chairs as well and it was the best decision ever. I find a way to take it with me no matter how long I hike or how heavy the pack is.
Nice trip, Marty. Always enjoy seeing you guys go up and down that chain. And one of these days I'm going to make my way back up there to visit that town with my name!😉
You know you guys are all more than welcome any time. We'd love to have you back.
@@Martyupnorth Thanks, bud! And likewise. Like Aronold, I'll be back.😎
Agreed on the people who leave trash! How unnecessary. Think I'll do the same o/n as you did this summer!
Awesome! Thanks for this video, I actually mapped the same route as an option for this coming weekend to beat the crowds to the lake before hwy 40 opens, so it's great to see what I would be expecting.
Have fun!
Another great video my friend. By the look of the Highwood, you mustn't of had a heavy snow load this year. I was lucky when I was there that there was no rubbish at the lake, but unfortunately people were cutting green trees for firewood. Stupid. Question...did you say you can't camp at Lake of the Horns? When I was there, without maps, I camped under the climb up but never made it, and I promised myself another try. Thanks for sharing your Dash!!! - Davey.
Hey Davey. Lake of the Horns i quite small, exposed and doesn't have a lot of places to pitch a tent. You could camp right at the lake, but most don't. Check out my videos that I call the "Elk Highline" for a traverse between Lake of the Horns and Carnarvon via Mount Muir. It's one of my favorite hikes.
Haven't seen you packrafting lately...
All my partners are gone and I don't like doing it alone. I have one trip coming up in July.
Just curious on this trip.......being a new route for you, did you use a hand held gps or app on your phone or "old fashion" map for navigation????
Enjoy your video ....as usual, thanks for sharing.
I have a map of the area, but it's not 100% useful because there are so many old logging road/trails that lead to cut blocks. So I planned a route using CalTopo. I traced a route by using the old map layer and the satelite imagery layer. Then I loaded the route in a hand-held GPS. I'm glad I did that because we came upon a lot of intersections. I always bring a map with me on my hikes.
Great video, Marty. Always jealous of the spectacular hiking and the rewards the Canadian Rockies provide. On another note, what camp shoes are you wearing in this video?
Just a cheap water shoe I found on Amazon.
www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08NX2RM2C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hey Marty, I am planning to do camping at this site soon. Do they have a toilet at the Carnarvon campsite?
No. Bring a trowel and dig a cat hole.
What's your favourite whiskey?
I'm not fussy. On hikes I usually bring Alberta Springs or Forty Creek. I also like to bring bourbon from time to time. I drink it with water or with lime flavored Crystal Light, so sometmes cheap is better.
Any idea on how to connect lake loomis to lake of the horns? lol
I looked at that in the past. It's technically possible, but I'm not going to attempt it.