Rummel Lake Hike

Where:

• Rummel Lake

 

When:

• September 25, 2021

 

Who:

• Ed, Dave, Craig, Erin, Lisa, Rod, Shonda, Bauer, Mike, Brenda, Russ, Angela, Ken

 

Trailhead:

• a half-hour drive south (36 km) from Canmore on the Spray Lakes Road, but it can also be accessed from Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
• park on the road across from the intersection of the road to Mt. Engadine Lodge/Mt. Shark (east side of the road)

 

 

Degree of difficulty:

• 400 meters elevation to the lake and another 150 meters up to the meadow above the lake
• 13 km to the meadow and back
• 4 hours total time on the trail
• moderate climb most of the way with no extreme elevation
• need to follow the signage as the trail intersects with the High Rockies biking trail where you turn left and follow the biking trail for about five minutes until the Rummel Lake trail breaks off to the right up the valley
• around 4.5 km, the trail comes to a bridge where you can take the right-hand path for a more scenic view on the way to the lake
• at Rummel Lake, you can take the trail along the left side of the lake, and near the end of the lake, the trail cuts left up a steep gulley into the upper valley that leads to Rummel Pass

 

 

Interesting notes:

• this was our first time doing it during the larch tree season, and it was very scenic around the lake and upper meadow

• nice mid-level hike that does not burn out your lungs
• beautiful views up and down the Spray Valley on the front end of the hike as you exit the first set of trees into a cut block
• Rummel Lake is very picturesque, with Mt. Galatea as a dramatic backdrop
• the trail is named after Lizzie Rummel, who was known as the Baroness of the Canadian Rockies