This week, I decided to share our hike through Maligne Canyon back in March 2022. Maligne Canyon is located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, which we visited during our spring 2022 family road trip. Normally, river and waterfalls flow through the canyon (see picture below linked from Wikipedia), but everything freezes over in winter, during which time people can descend into the valley to walk and explore on the frozen river.

Everything was still frozen when we visited, so we had to put on micro spikes to safely walk the trail. The trail started at the top of the canyon and the trail, connected by multiple bridges, continued along the top of the canyon. When we looked into the valley, we could see people below walking on the frozen river. About midway through the trail, we found a spot that allows us to descend into the valley. Without hesitation, our whole family went down to explore the valley down below. It was the first time our family had walk on a frozen river, and it felt quite special. We took our time to explore and enjoy the experience. It was a relatively easy, short, but fun hike; especially fun when done in winter, when descending down into the valley becomes possible.

Looking down into the valley.

People walking and exploring on top of the frozen river.

Eventually, we got down into the valley.

Some of the ice was melting, but most still frozen.

Looking up the canyon from the valley.

Frozen waterfall

Frozen river

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