After devoting half my day to rafting down the Athabasca River, I decided to spend the rest of the day driving out to Maligne Lake, southeast of Jasper (and one valley east of the Icefields Parkway). Along the way to Maligne Lake, there are several worthwhile stops, starting with Maligne Canyon — a deep crevasse that’s almost narrow enough to jump across. There are six bridges that cross the slot canyon, carved out by the Maligne River. They’re numbered one through six, with the first one at the highest (but not necessarily the deepest) part of the canyon, near the […]