After the Jasper fire of 2024, I wanted to see my favorite glacier again. Our trip to Jasper had two purposes: to see Spirit Island and the Angel Glacier. We had a beautiful day at Spirit Island, but had to pass miles of devastation from the 2024 fire on the way there. But Maligne Lake was untouched.
However, it was a different story for Angel Glacier. We wanted to travel up to Mt. Edith Cavell but missed the turnoff. The sign for the turnoff was almost obliterated by the fire. We could barely read the sign on the second passing. We realized that the area was closed. From a map of the fire, we determined that the fire passed very close to Angel Glacier but we don’t know how the the fire’s heat impacted it.
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Missed Sign
Indicating the road to Mount Edith Cavell and Angel Glacier.