Description

The best option for a hike out of [Coronet Creek Campground](https://fatmap.com/routeid/1956744/maligne-lake:-fisherman's-bay-to-coronet-creek) on Maligne lake is simply up the creek.

You can get far into the backcountry, even without any official trails.

There is a primitive backcountry campsite up the creek, however, so you can make it an overnight trip. Coronet Creek is an unmaintained trail, and in most places not much of a trail at all, but a route up the gravel banks of the creek.

In places, the creek enters small canyons (with lovely waterfalls), which are impassable, where a faint trail detours into the forest.

Route finding is not too difficult because you more or less just follow the creek, but you’ll need to pay attention to find the best way around obstacles such as these. The campground is approximately 6km up, to the east side of the creek.

It’s called Henry MacLeod campground, but it’s unmaintained and unmarked on most official maps.

Ask the Reservation Service about permits if you want to camp there. Beyond the campground, hiking in the creek becomes more difficult because it’s quite braided, with repetitive ankle to knee-deep crossings.

If you continue on, however, in approximately two more kilometers you’ll reach the moraines below Coronet Glacier and an impressive cirque of peaks.

It is, of course, possible to hike farther than this as well, onto the moraines to reach higher points in the cirque. Sources: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper/activ/passez-stay/arrierepays-backcountry/sugg-sentiers_trip-ideas/Maligne https://trailpeak.com/trails/henry-macleod-trail-near-jasper-ab-1589