Garonne Canyon
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52.9910, -118.0304
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WaterflowIntroduction
Approach
You have two options here:
- You can park at the 6th bridge in Maligne Canyon and head along the Overlander Trail which parallels the Athabasca River. You could save a little time by biking to the drainage.
- A quicker way would be to park at the Jasper Airport and canoe across the Athabasca River. This is almost opposite the creek.
Once at the drainage, follow it up a way and once the canyon begins to close ahead, exit and take the spur to the north - lookers left. Here you'll pick up a trail that leads to the hut at the base of Mt. Collin - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/mt-colin-centennial-hut-access--3?u=m. Follow this until it drops into the creek.
Descent
Depending on the season you are visiting you will have from 4 to 13 pitches to negotiate. I went in the winter and we only had 4. A friend did 13 in the summer...
The canyon might be bolted. We definitely saw one bolt (on a drop that was simply a snow slide for us).
We kept dry. If you go in summer, it sounds like there will be wading...
Exit
Make your way back along the Overlander trail, or canoe back across the river.
Red tape
Beta sites
CanyoneeringNorthwest.com (archive.org) : Garonne Canyon- https://fatcanyoners.org/2018/04/17/garonne-canyon-canadian-rockies/