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Getting Around Yoho National Park 2016-2017 Getting Around Yoho National Park What’s Inside • Top 10 Things to Do • Suggested Itineraries • Maps Également offert en français • Where to Camp • Safety Information P. Zizka P. Connect With Nature K. Smtih K. Smtih OUR STORY During a celebrated expedition to explore the West, Dr. James Hector travelled ahead of the group, and became the rst European to discover a steep mountain pass in 1858. After the surgeon’s trusty steed knocked him over with a blow to the chest, the spectacular route was dubbed Kicking Horse Pass. Later, the Canadian Pacic Railway, whose transcontinental route travelled through the pass, set up restaurants at the base of Mount Stephen to avoid pushing heavy dining cars up the mountain. This laid the groundwork for creating the Mount Stephen Reserve, renamed in 1901 as Yoho National Park. Eight years later, a visiting scientist, Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott, discovered the Burgess Shale fossils on Mount Wapta. These exquisitely preserved marine organisms offer a glimpse back more than 505 million years ago. With fossils designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 36 peaks soaring above 3 000 m, the rambunctious Kicking Horse River and numerous breathtaking waterfalls, it is no surprise Yoho was named after a Cree expression meaning “awe and wonder.” A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE Four of the mountain national parks—Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay—are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientic and Cultural Organization as part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, for the benet and enjoyment of all nations. Among the attributes that warranted this designation were vast wilderness, diversity of ora and fauna, outstanding natural beauty and features such as Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, the Columbia Iceeld and the Burgess Shale. 2 Top 10 Things to Do 1 BURGESS SHALE GUIDED HIKES Meet your ancient ancestors and hold a piece of earth’s history on a guided hike to the restricted Walcott Quarry or Mount Stephen fossil sites. Reservations are required. Visit reservations.pc.gc.ca to book your spot! 2 CAMPING Tenting? RV-ing? Enjoy a family getaway in one of Yoho’s four rustic campgrounds. Roast marshmallows, take a hike or wander through the community of Field. Yoho’s campgrounds 1 P. Zizka P. keep you close to the adventure! 3 INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS Why is Emerald Lake so green? How tall is Takakkaw Falls? What do fossils have to do with Star Wars™? Get the answers to these questions and more at one of many interpretive programs offered daily in July and August. 4 VILLAGE OF FIELD Take an afternoon walk and experience Field’s mountain hospitality. Stay in a unique 2 guesthouse, pick out the perfect souvenir in one of the gift shops or enjoy the culinary M. Bradfield delights of this charming community. 5 EMERALD LAKE Admire incredible views of mountain peaks and wildowers on an afternoon stroll around K. Smtih K. Smtih this gem-coloured lake. Pack a picnic lunch or go for a canoe ride to get a different perspective of the surrounding mountains. 6 NATURAL BRIDGE 5 Marvel at the force of the Kicking Horse River as it cascades under a naturally formed stone Destination BC /D. Heath bridge. This rambunctious river takes its name from a near-fatal kick that stunned James Hector while exploring the area in 1858. 7 TAKAKKAW FALLS Enjoy a scenic drive on the Yoho Valley Road. Then, cool off in the mist as you stand at the base of the thundering waters of one of the highest waterfalls in Canada. This is your #timetoconnect. Snap a sele from the red chairs and share your adventure! 8 HAVE A PICNIC 7 M. Bradfield Bask in the sun and enjoy a picnic with a view at Faeder Lake or Finn Creek day-use areas. Let the kids run around and play at the Yoho Visitor Centre and day-use area. 9 HIKING Lace up your hiking boots for an epic backcountry adventure! See Yoho from the perspective of the park’s rst wardens on the Paget or Mount Hunter re lookout trails or take an afternoon stroll to Hamilton Falls. 10 WAPTA FALLS 9 At 30 metres (98 feet) high and 150 metres (492 feet) wide, this is the largest waterfall on Parks Canada Parks Canada the Kicking Horse River. Take a gentle 4.6 km (2.9 mile) return hike through verdant forests to a stunning viewpoint. 3 Suggested Itineraries CRMR / D. Ziver CRMR / D. Ziver HALF-DAY ADVENTURES A FULL DAY OF FUN TAKE A SCENIC DRIVE TAKE A WATERFALL TOUR Get off the Trans-Canada Highway and explore! Explore ve of Yoho’s most impressive Follow Emerald Lake Road and discover a jewel waterfalls on foot. Feel the cool mist on your of the Canadian Rockies as you paddle, walk or face at Takakkaw Falls and snap a sele from ski around the magnicent Emerald Lake. From the red chairs before following the Laughing late June until early October, drive or bike the Falls Trail to Point Lace Falls and Angel’s 13 km scenic Yoho Valley Road. Experience the Staircase. Climb through a mature forest power of Takakkaw Falls—one of the tallest to Laughing Falls; then continue along this waterfalls in Canada. Pack a picnic lunch or stop historic trail, rst cut by the Canadian Pacic and watch the trains as they snake overtop of themselves at the Spiral Tunnels Viewpoints. Railway, to Twin Falls. Here the double waterfalls tumble over a massive limestone cliff. STRETCH YOUR LEGS! Enjoy an easy half-day hike to a peaceful SNAP A PICTURE backcountry lake. The whole family will enjoy Climb above the treeline and get a bird’s eye the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) return hike through a mature view of Yoho National Park on the epic forest to Sherbrooke Lake. Relax next to this 17.5 km Iceline Trail. Beginning from the glacier fed lake and take in the view of the Takakkaw Falls Campground, follow the surrounding mountain peaks. For an additional trail to Laughing Falls. Stop for lunch, then challenge, head east at the fork in the trail and continue climbing through a mature forest to a climb to Paget Lookout. From this historic subalpine meadow. Look down on Takakkaw viewpoint, admire the view of Kicking Horse Falls and stand amongst glaciers as you take Pass and see why this was a crucial vantage in the expansive view of the Yoho and Kicking point when watching for wildres. Horse valleys. Take a break at Yoho Lake and relax in the red chairs. 4 CRMR / D. Ziver E m e r a l d L a Village of Field k e R d o TRANS- CANADA a ad HIGHWAY o R y e ll BANFF - 85 KM a 1 V o Ball Yo h Diamond GOLDEN - 57 KM Legend Day-use area Kicking Horse River Playground Visitor centre Exhibit Parking Hostel Lodge CPR Bunkhouse Station C P R Post Burgess Avenue Ofce Village Map Avenue Stephen CPR Holdings Kicking Horse Avenue St.East St.East st nd 1 2 1 st Avenue 0 40 80 120 nd metres 2 Ave Stephen Creek 5 6 YOHO NATIONAL PARK T HE G RE AT Legend D Park Map I Amiskwi WAPTA ICEFIELD V Pass ID No Cycling 1 996 m E Mt Gordon Park Cabin YOHO GLACIER Visitor Centre Mt Des Poilus 1 Frontcountry Campground Balfour Pass 2 454 m Backcountry Campground HI-Whiskey Jack Hostel Yoho Peak Alpine Club of Canada Hut DESGLACIER POILUS Mt Balfour Backcountry Lodge 25 Bus (information: pc.gc.ca/lakeohara) Isolated Twin Mt McArthur Peak Falls Red Chairs 19 3 015 m 26 Laughing WAPUTIK 3.8 6.5 Falls ICEFIELD Hiking Trail Y 2.1 o Amiskwi Peak 2.9 h 27 o Cycling Permitted R River oho iv Mt Daly Y tle e Highway t Li r 3 152 m 4.4 23 4.2 4.8 24 Roads I Mt Niles C The President 10 E Park Boundary F 3139 m I DALY E 3.2 Takakkaw L D To Jasper Kiwetinok Pass 2 GLACIER O Falls S t to EMERALD P C A 2.5 R re GLACIER 2.1 K ek Yoho Valley Road W A open late June to Y Mt Carnarvon 4.0 early October 3 040 m Yoho Pass Paget Peak Mt Bosworth 93 3.0 Wapta 2 565 m 15 4.8 Mountain Sherbrooke Hamilton Lake 7 16 18 6.1 Mt. Horsey Lake Kicking1 Horse627 m Pass 1 Mt Ogden 1.7 2 Emerald 2.1 1.8 LAKE 2 695 m 1.4 8 17 1.3 5.5 Lake 9 LOUISE 1.6 22 Mt Field 2.5 3.2 To Banff Burgess 2 635 m 4 3 6.8 Wapta A Pass Ross Spike Peak m Hamilton 3 5 Lake A is 1.5 Lake m k Falls w is i Tocher Ridge k R w i E Narao i v e m T r 4 ra Peak BANFF i e Mt Burgess l r 3 5 a 7.3 .5 l 2 599 m d k NATIONAL 7.7 o R o i r v PARK e B r T t O a c (no vehicles) l 3.0 il tt l ra Mt Stephen a y r er Ho T Cathedral h 8 3 199 m a .0 t e a O Mountain a d tt FIELD R e 1.8 1 256 m 3 189 m C iv rh e e Lake O'Hara Fire Road 11 km r a 6 20 Mt Victoria Van Horne Range d Natural T l r i Bridge Duchesnay a a i r l 11 T Mt Dennis Basin Abbot Pass e s 2 539 m r o Lake 4.5 H Mt Lefroy O’Hara g n i k Mt Odaray c i Mt Duchesnay Reservations are required to take K 3 159 m the bus to Lake O'Hara for day use P o Mt King and camping.
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