After visiting sights between Banff and Lake Louise, we decided to detour over to neighboring Yoho National Park for a few days. First we came upon a small crowd of folks awaiting the passing of a train through the spiral tunnels that climb Kicking Horse Pass. We then continued on to see the Takakkaw Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in Canada before returning to our Kicking Horse campsite.
The following day we had a nice quiet hike up to Sherbrooke Lake, visited the town of Field and strolled around Emerald Lake late in the afternoon – which is another beautiful and popular (and thus very busy) destination. We drove all the way out to the town of Golden for dinner before heading back to find a wild camping spot along a forest service road that skirted the edge of the park boundary. We hiked down from our campsite the next day to see the wide and roaring Wapta Falls. We moved to a new campsite in the park the next day and hiked up the Hoodoo Creek trail to see the views and a group of hoodoo formations.
There was plenty more to see in Yoho and I would’ve liked to experience a long day on the Iceline Trail but instead we returned to Banff National Park to continue our road trip north.
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