Aug 18, 2024 - More Hiking and Boating Tour

In the morning, we went to Cameron Lake Trail (2.4 miles) along the Cameron Lake.  We got there quite early and there were very few visitors there.  The reflection of the lake attracted us immediately for a lot of Kodak moments.  

There were one canoe in the lake which make our photos looked even better with it as the backdrop.  

Then we hiked along right side of the lake.  It was beautiful, however, it stopped us at about 1 mile with board message saying "it is discouraged to hike beyond this point due to the frequency of encounter the bears at the end of the lake".  Of course, we did not want to risk it, so we turned around.

The we went to the Prince of Wales Loop Trail and this time we did make the right turn and got on the right trail.  It was beautiful trail along the edge of the lake most of the way.  We enjoyed this trail very much.

We were planned to get on another nearby trial Linnet Lake Loop Trail, however, we found out that it was closed due to the recent encounter of a den for bears.

It was a beauty but a little bit hot day, therefore we went back to our hotel to cool off a little bit before we go onto the lake cruise.  When we got the marina, we found a lot of people were in lines and there were 3 different lines.  Finally we found the line for our cruise boat.   it was a narrated tour to tell us about the lake and the surrounding.  The cruise is called Waterton Lakes Cruise with Goat Haunt Landing with 2 hours 15 min boating and a 30 min at Goat Haunt Landing stop.  A US Park Services Ranger stationed there for the summer and provide us some information about the Goat Haunt Ridge, the nearby Continental Divide and the International Peace Park.  

After we got back to the Waterton, we went to the Waterton Pizza again for dinner.