Pyramid Bench Jasper
Trails along the pyramid bench are open year round.
Pyramid bench jasper. From town trail 2 begins with a steady climb of 60m onto the pyramid bench with a good view of the town along the way. Mountain bike trails canada alberta jasper pyramid bench. Jasper national park alberta. From jasper trail 2 starts as a somewhat steep hike up to the pyramid bench with a good views of japser s townsite along the way.
Explore this area after a 10 minute drive from town or spend a few hours and walk or bike to the top. Crossing the gated road to cabin lake trail 2 continues to the cottonwood slough parking lot and crosses the pyramid lake road. Pyramid lake overlook loop is a 5 6 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near jasper alberta canada that features a lake. Patricia lake or pyramid lake are ideal picnic stops.
The trail measures about 17 5 kilometres long and connects the community of jasper with pyramid lake. From the activity centre in jasper the trail begins with an elevation climb of about 65 metres up onto the bench. Once you reach the top you are on the pyramid bench and the trail follows the natural edge for a bit but is chewed up. 76 trails with 188 photos.
The trail is good for all skill levels and is primarily used for hiking and trail running. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension. Cross a gated road taking you to cabin lake where the unimaginatively named trail 2 continues to the cottonwood slough parking lot and crosses the pyramid lake road. Keep looking to your right as there are spectacular views of kerkeslin.
The following hikes all located on the pyramid bench a lake dotted terrace next to the town of jasper that can actually be reached from town on foot and still offer great experiences of the canadian rockies. Pyramid bench mountain bike e bike hike trail running horse trails near jasper alberta. Cottonwood creek pyramid lake loop. Carved by glaciers pyramid mountain is mostly gog quartzite but iron pyrite fool s gold is also present and adds some of the pretty pink and coral color to the mountain.
Pyramid lake pyramid island and pyramid mountain make a beautiful scene in jasper alberta pyramid mountain summit is 2 763 m 8 770 ft above sea level while pyramid island is 1 179 m 3 868 ft. There is a trail sign here and to the left 2c follow 2b to the right. Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden.