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Taylor Lake
Banff National Park, Alberta
October 3, 1999
Distance: 13.4 km (8.2 mi)
Cumulative Elevation Gain: 900 m (2593 ft)
Taylor Lake is reached by hiking up a boring 6.7 km trail. For our effort, we were rewarded in seeing a large lake in a hanging valley. Don't Waste Your Time in the Rockies rates this as two stars, but with snow limiting our activities, it was worthwhile seeing this time of year.
Pete and I, along with Sean, Roberta, Dan and Cheryl, hiked to Taylor Lake. Not content to stop at the lake, we continued up the trail almost to the pass that connects to Consolation Valley. Actually, Pete made it all the way to the pass. But we didn't need to get to the pass to take in the snow-covered mountains. More rewarding is to hike past the lake and climb the East Ridge of Panorama.
Sean, Pete, Roberta, Cheryl and Dan
Taylor Creek
Taylor Lake
Taking a break
Hiking along the shore
Looking back down the lake
Climbing above the lake
Looking down at Taylor Lake
Taking a break near the pass