Moraine Lake - Wikipedia

Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. MoraineLake FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Forthetypeoflake,seemoraine-dammedlake. GlaciallakeinAlberta,Canada Bodyofwater MoraineLakeSunrisebyMoraineLakeinmid-summerMoraineLakeLocationBanffNationalPark,AlbertaCoordinates51°19′21″N116°11′08″W/51.32250°N116.18556°W/51.32250;-116.18556Coordinates:51°19′21″N116°11′08″W/51.32250°N116.18556°W/51.32250;-116.18556PrimaryinflowsFayGlacierLarchCreekPrimaryoutflowsMoraineCreekBasin countriesCanadaSurfacearea50 ha(0.19 sq mi)Max.depth14metres(46 ft)Surfaceelevation1,884 m(6,181 ft) MoraineLakeisaglaciallyfedlakeinBanffNationalPark,14kilometres(8.7 mi)outsidethevillageofLakeLouise,Alberta,Canada.ItissituatedintheValleyoftheTenPeaks,atanelevationofapproximately1,884metres(6,181 ft).Thelakehasasurfaceareaof50hectares(120acres). Thelake,beingglaciallyfed,doesnotreachitscrestuntilmiddletolateJune.Whenitisfull,itreflectsadistinctiveshadeofazureblue.Theuniquecolourisduetotherefractionoflightofftherockflourdepositedinthelakeonacontinualbasisbysurroundingglaciers. Contents 1Tourism 1.1Hikingtrails 1.2Mountaineeringroutes 2Appearances 3Imagegallery 4Seealso 5References 6Externallinks Tourism[edit] Hikingtrails[edit] Theareaaroundthelakehasseveralwalking/hikingtrailsthatare,fromtimetotime,restricted.ThetrailmostcommonlytakenbytouristsisTheRockpileTrail,whichisalongtheactualmoraine.Thetrailisapproximately300metres(980 ft)long,withanelevationchangeof24metres(79 ft).TheviewofthelakefromthetopoftherockpileisoneofthemostphotographedlocationsinallofCanada.[1]ThatviewofthemountainsbehindthelakeinValleyoftheTenPeaksisknownasthe"TwentyDollarView",asMoraineLakewasfeaturedonthereversesideofthe1969and1979issuesoftheCanadiantwentydollarbill;seeScenesofCanada§ $20note.Theareaoftenexperiencescongestionduetothehighleveloftourism.[2][3] Alongthesametrail-head,theConsolationLakestrailstarts,whichisapproximately3kilometres(1.9 mi)long,withanelevationchangeof90metres(300 ft).UponreachingConsolationLakeshikersmaycontinuealongtotheupperlake,whichisnotvisiblefromtheendofthelowerlake.Thereis,however,noclearlymarkedtrail,andcanoftenbeascrambleoverlargerockyareas. Canoedocks NearthecanoedocksofMoraineLakeLodge[4]thereisanothertrail-head.Thistrail-headisthestartoftwotrails,oneofwhichbranchesoutintofourdifferenttrails-sothereareintotal,fivetrailsstartingatthattrail-head(MoraineLakeLakeshoreTrail,EiffelLake,WenkchemnaPass,LarchValley,andSentinelPass).TheLakeLouise&YohoMap[5]providesinformationonthesetrails. Mountaineeringroutes[edit] TheNeilColganHutcanbereachedin8to12hoursclimbingthePerrenRoute[6]fromMoraineLake. Appearances[edit] Thissectionneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "MoraineLake" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(May2021)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TheimageofMoraineLakeisworld-famousandappearsinmanyplaces,including: Onthereversesideofthe1969and1979issuesoftheCanadiantwentydollarbill.[7] InoneofthemainpreviewpicturesforGoogle'soperatingsystemAndroid,Morainelakewasusedasabackgroundpicture. MoraineLakeatSunset InoneofthebackgroundsavailableontheBlackberryPearl. InoneofthebackgroundsavailableonthePalmPre. InoneofWindowsVistaStarterwallpapers. MoraineLakeinJune2018 InoneofWindows7'sbackgroundsinthe"Canada"series. AstheBinghomepageonOctober13,2009,onOctober2,2013,andagainonSeptember10,2014. Reflectionofsurroundingpeaks AstheNationalGeographicTravel365:PhotooftheDayforOctober8,2013. AsaphotoinJoel'sTexashomeinthevideogameTheLastofUs. OnapostcardinthevideogameUntilDawn(thecardhoweversaysCalgary). IntheloginscreenofWindows10. Asacolourimage,whichwasreproducedfromphototakenbyphotographerPeterMcKinnon,ononeofRoyalCanadianMint2oz.silvercoins. Asatroutandperchfisheryinthe2018videogameUltimateFishingSimulator. Imagegallery[edit] MoraineLakeseenfromMountTempleSummit MoraineLakefromtheRockpile Theblue-greencolourofthelakeisduetoglacialrockflour. MoraineLakeinBanffNationalParkwithfloatingtimber MoraineLakeisstillmostlyfrozeninMayandaconsiderableamountofsnowisstillintheareaandthesurroundingmountains. Seealso[edit] Environmentportal Ecologyportal Listoflakes Naturalenvironment Nature References[edit] ^Ellis,Cathy-MoraineLake'sRockpileTrailtoreceiveupgrades.[permanentdeadlink]RockyMountainOutlook,August28,2008 ^BankofCanadaArchived2004-10-25attheWaybackMachine-1969-1979Canadian$20BanknotefeaturingMoraineLake ^Weddell,Peggy-Banff:ARockyMountainTreasure.LegionMagazine,January1,1997 ^MoraineLakeLodge ^GemtreckArchived2009-02-02attheWaybackMachine-LakeLouise&YohoMap ^http://www.summitpost.org/route/162264/Perren-route-to-Neil-Colgan-Hut.htmlSummitPost:PerrenRoute ^BankofCanadaArchived2004-10-25attheWaybackMachine-1969-1979Canadian$20BanknotefeaturingMoraineLake Externallinks[edit] WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtoMoraineLake. ParksCanada-BanffNationalParkVisitorInformationCentres,includinghoursofoperationandcontactinformation. MoraineLake,BanffNationalPark MoraineLakeVideo-VideoandGeographicPositionofMoraineLake. 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