Ink Pots via Johnston Canyon Banff National Park, AB
Ink Pots via Johnston Canyon Banff National Park, AB
Moderate 7 mi out and back 1,850 ft elevation Hiked 6/11/25
Adding ~1k ft and doubling the distance of Johnston Canyon trail will take you to the InkPots, low flow cold springs. 5 pools each have different flow rates seeping into sandy bottoms, some bubble while others barely make waves in sand and leave designs behind. Views from valley of surrounding mountains.
Mystic peak shrouded in smoke makes it appear far more distant than it is.
Block mountain (left) and some of Noetic (center) and Mystic peak to the right surround this valley. I believe the smoke was from the Saskatchewan wildfires going on at the time.