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Cirque Lake is a wild and beautiful lake that hides high above and beyond Callaghan Lake in Callaghan Lake Provincial Park. What makes Cirque Lake special among the other sensationally beautiful lakes in the Whistler area is both its location and geologically formed shape. It sits high above Callaghan Lake, which itself is a gorgeous, mountain lake. The remoteness of Callaghan Lake is a bit of a mirage due to the fact that you can drive right to it!
Infrequently hiked & relatively untouchedStunningly beautiful lake created by glaciationEndless alpine terrain to explore beyond the lakeThe cirque acts a shield against the cold mountain windsThe side of the cirque you will be on is always sunnyYou feel like you are in a hidden world in the mountainsStarting your hike from a canoe is funCallaghan Lake is a destination on its ownThe drive to Callaghan is beautifully scenic
Few flat areas to put up a tent & cold swimming!
Alexander Falls 
Ancient Cedars 
Black Tusk 
Blackcomb Brandywine Falls Brandywine Meadows Brew Lake Callaghan Lake Cheakamus Lake 
Cheakamus River 
Cirque Lake Garibaldi Lake Helm Creek Joffre Lakes Keyhole Logger’s Madeley Meager Nairn Falls Panorama Ridge Parkhurst Rainbow Falls Rainbow Lake Ring Lake Russett Lake Sea to Sky Skookumchuck Sloquet Sproatt Taylor Meadows Train Wreck 
Wedge Whistler
Callaghan Lake is accessible via an 8 kilometre weather battered and very potholed forest service road. The entire road is cratered with deep potholes, cut by frequent cross-ditches, and more recently a small section collapsing into the valley below. This logging road begins high up in the Callaghan Valley, which itself is largely overlooked by travellers to Whistler.
The Callaghan Valley is home to quite a few natural and man-made attractions. Brandywine Meadows, Alexander Falls, Northair Mine and Mount Sproatt are all found in the valley. Recently, the 2010 Olympic Games produced the largest man-made attraction in Callaghan Valley, Whistler Olympic Park. Though Cirque Lake is tremendously far into the wilderness, the amount of hiking required to reach it is effectively less than two kilometres. Another two kilometres of canoeing is required to reach the trailhead at the far end of Callaghan Lake. But for such an enchantingly beautiful, mountain lake, the exertion to reach it is remarkably little.
The other attribute of Cirque Lake that makes it special, is its cirque structure. From the moment you catch sight of Cirque Lake, the abruptly steep sides all around give you the humbling feeling that you are inside a volcano. A volcano filled with emerald water and ringed by grassy meadows and crumbling, near vertical cliffs. Where you stand, at the entrance to the cirque, is not far from the only water channel out of the cirque. An ever narrowing gap in the cliffs spills water down one cliff after another until reaching Callaghan Lake just 1.4 kilometres away.
Owing to the fact that you have to reach the trailhead to Cirque Lake by boat ensures that it almost always remains deserted. Even in the middle of summer, your tent will almost certainly be the only one that resides in this magical cirque. You sometimes get hikers venturing up from their campsites at Callaghan Lake for a couple hours, otherwise nobody. One feature of the Cirque Lake trail that no doubt scares hikers away is its steepness and ruggedness. It is mostly very steep, and due to the obliterating effects of winter snow, the trail markers are sporadic at best. One consolation is of course the length of the trail. Under two kilometres, makes the steepness much easier to tackle. With a heavy pack you can easily hike the trail in a little over an hour. Or an hour and a half or two if you linger at the frequent viewpoints looking back on Callaghan Lake. The eruption of blueberry bushes in August is cause for some delays as well as it is surprisingly hard to pass up feasting on every bush you see.. and you will see a lot. The trail, for the most part is quite scenic and enjoyable. The first 15 minutes of the trail winds through a cute forest along and over some small streams. The next 15 minutes takes you up some steeper and more challenging terrain that require pulling yourself up with tree roots and at one section a knotted rope.
More information on hiking to Cirque Lake in Whistler...
Alexander Falls Ancient Cedars Black Tusk Blackcomb Brandywine Falls Brandywine Meadows
Brew Lake Callaghan Lake Cheakamus Lake Cheakamus River Cirque Lake Garibaldi Lake
Helm Creek Joffre Lakes Keyhole Logger’s Madeley Meager Nairn Falls
Panorama Ridge Parkhurst Rainbow Falls Rainbow Lake Ring Lake
Russett Lake Sea to Sky Skookumchuck Sloquet Sproatt
Taylor Meadows Train Wreck Wedge Whistler
Alice Lake Black Tusk Brandywine Falls Brew Lake Cirque Lake Elfin Lakes Garibaldi Lake
High Falls Levette Lake Panorama Ridge Ring Lake Sea2Sky
Shannon Falls The Chief Taylor Meadows The Lions Upper Shannon
Black Mountain Brunswick Mountain Burnaby Lake Burnaby Mountain Coliseum Mountain Crown Mountain
Cypress Falls Deeks Peak Deep Cove Deer Lake Dog Mountain 
Goat Mountain Goldie Lake Grouse
Hollyburn Mountain Kitsilano Beaches Lighthouse Park Lynn Canyon Lynn Peak Mt Elsay
Mt Fromme 
Mt Hanover Mt Harvey Mt Seymour Mt Strachan Mystery Lake
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