Yoho National Park Field

Well what can one say about Lake Louise...a FIVE star location, not only the hotel but also it's surrounds. It was as good as the picture that is world famous!!


We had a fantastic night, the hotel's 520 rooms were all booked out, so we were advised to book early for our dinner, which we did ...a lovely Italian restaurant where we had …

Attached are some pictures of some of the amazing places we saw between Vancouver and Banff. We travelled over 2 days with a company called Moose Travel in a kind of large van and set off early Saturday morning. We had a lovely driver called Colin who picked us up from the hostel (so no more stressful episodes with hauling the baggage around!) …

Tagwache war um 06.30 Uhr, obwohl uns Vögel und quakende Enten bereits um kurz nach 06.00 Uhr geweckt haben. Mutter und Tochter im Zelt neben uns hatten ein junges Büsi dabei; kein Wunder spielten die fliegenden Tiere verrückt! :-) Nachdem unser Hab und Gut verstaut war, starteten wir unsere relative lange Tagesetappe (> 500 Km) in den Banff …

We bid our farewells to the open air hot tub, the extremely friendly and attentive staff (all VERY young graduates saving for their travels!) and set off to the Yoho National Park. Yoho is from the Cree Indian word WOW!

We stopped off at Lake Minnewanka, the Lake of the Spirits…. the largest lake in the Rockies at 20 km long by 2 km …

... The Burgess Shale Formation offers among the largest density and variety of the finest marine fossils anywhere (and as such Parks Canada has placed the region "off limits" to casual tourists to preserve its integrity). You can easily see this location ...

... camping having had 7 nights in cabins, lodge and a hostel.... and whilst everyone says how lovely this place is... all I see is a field with horse muck, holes in the ground and prairie dogs popping their little heads out.... Well I guess it can only get ...

Day 20 From Glacier we drove a couple more hours down the Trans-Canada Highway to Yoho National Park. Upon arrival we rolled up to the fee booth at the first campground and inquired about camping possibilities. The ranger asked, "What kind of people are ...

... be a smart move as I had the pleasure of sharing this day hike with a dozen friendly people all enthusiastic about being in Yoho National Park on what turned out to be a perfect summer day. The Twin Falls/Whaleback hike is one of the more strenuous hikes ...

... Life hike up to Takakkaw Falls or to go to another Festival Brass Orchestra concert. I was disappointed that I had been to Yoho National Park twice already and still hadn't seen the main attraction, so I registered for the hike at the town hall at 4pm. ...

... wasn’t expecting on seeing and looked quite unique. We decided that a caffeine hit was in order and stopped at Field in Yoho National Park at the local restaurant. The next stop was supposed to be Takakkaw Falls (one of the highest in Canada), but ...

... the very impresive Takakkaw Falls, with the top end shooting out from the rocks. We then drove back down to the main road and drove out of Yoho National Park and back into Banff National Park stopping at the view point of the Lower Spiral Tunnels. ...

... the Hoodoos, a sight we were unaware of.  It's time for the town to instigate out of town and shuttle parking like in Zion National Park.  It is just too congested!   The rain held off until we made a stop in Canmore for a coffee break ...

... and a claw on the end of a tentacle that protruded from the front). If you have a day and are heading near Yoho National Park, this is worth doing, but you probably need to book well ahead. M. Kilometres hiked this trip: 22km Kilometres hiked season to ...

... vollschlagen. Der Weihnachtsschalter hat sich umgelegt, als ich in das kleine, beschauliche Örtchen Field gekommen bin. Field liegt im Yoho National Park und hat ungefähr 200 Einwohner, Tendenz sinkend. Field entstand, wie so viele Siedlungen in ...