Lake Edith

In late May, we paddled Lake Edith in Jasper. Edith was right on the edge of the 2024 fire and we were keen to see whether it was affected or not. The evening started off a bit cloudy but the sun eventually came out.

The parking area had some burned trees but the facilities were all intact and the paddle board rental trailer was here. We parked and carried about 50m to the main beach for an easy launch.

The water was as clean and clear and (you'll see later) as colourful as ever.

For the most part, the trees around the edge of the lake were intact, although the fire came right to the eastern edge of the lake. There were a few spots (right behind my wife's head in the picture below) where the fire did take a few trees at the water's edge.

What's more noticeable is the eastern edge of the valley is burned right up the side to the tree line. You can sort of see the scale of the burn in background of the pictures below.

As the sun started to come out, the water started to show more colour.

 

One of the islands in the southern end had these lovely purple flowers growing on it.

Lots of snow on the mountains still!

Overall, this was a great paddle. There was no one on the lake and only one other family in the picnic area.