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Travel Blogs from Field, Canada
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Yoho-Nationalpark: Hi-Wilderness-Hostal
... -info-stell go fröge,wo das wilderness-hostal isch, wo mir buecht händ. i dem park gits nur eis ganz chlises dörfli namens 'field' vo det us isch es na es stuck bergwärts gsi, entlang amne fluss durch en wunderschöne creek. am ende vo dere strass ...
Yoho National Park: Emerald Lake
... . 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 ...
Horse muck and prairie dogs!
... 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 ...
Our favorite: Yoho National Park
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 ...
Twin Falls and Whaleback Circuit
... " -- is the tallest of a number of memorable waterfalls you'll find when exploring Yoho Valley. It is one of Canada's highest waterfalls. I generally like to hike alone or with a small group of friends as I enjoy stopping for moments at a ...
Swiss / German reunion
Driving down highway 93 from Japser to Banff we ran into Isabelle and Francesco from Switzerland. They are doing the same tour and their VW Camper was on the same vessel when we shipped it to Halifax. They crossed the continent in Kanada while we did it ...
Arrived in Field
Arrived in Field, 150 inh, very nice village, with friendly folks. Cross country skiing today! Will stay here for another day, might go look for wolves tomorrow and ...
The Iceline
... near Field and drove up the narrow and tight switchback up to the base of Takakkaw Falls which is the second highest in Canada. After a short pitstop, we hiked 3.9 kms along the Yoho River to Laughing Falls past the Angels Staircase Falls. It was pretty ...
White Water and Emerald Lake
... 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 unfortunately one of the big RVs had got stuck on the tight switchbacks and the road was blocked. I let Kylie drive ...
Oh, Canada
On our first evening in Canada we reached one of my favourite named places of the trip – 'Radium Hot Springs'! A little bit of a geeky physics snigger there, perhaps, but if they’re managing to sell that as a tourist destination then ...
Moraine lake en Yoho
Vandaag regent het als we wakker worden. Het is een vreemde nacht geweest. Het heeft af en toe enorm gewaaid en dan was het weer een tijd lang stil. Het was ook in tegenstelling tot de andere nachten ineens erg warm. De regen helpt niet bij het ...
Hiking with bears
Today we went back to Lake Moraine to do a day hike to the Sentinel Pass. As now we were a group of 4 we were "allowed" to pass the sign that warned us on grizly bears. Generally, it was recommended to speak loud and make noise while walking along the ...
12K Hike, Switchbacks & Tunnels
Today we went on, what turned out to be, a beautiful hike to Johnston Canyon. Now obviously anything that carries the Johnston name will be amazing so we decided to make it a stop in our journey. We were all packed up from our campsite and had our ...
Back into British Columbia
... a campsite for the night. On arrival we found that the site was un-manned, so we had to drive 1.5km to the next village (Field Visitor Centre) to pay our park fee, (we were going to prebook our campsite for tomorrow night in Banff, but changed our mind ...
Grizzly country, part 2...
... of town in the afternoon somewhat undecided as to where to head to. I hadn't spend time in Yoho Park, so decided to head to Field and see what the weather forecast was and what hiking options were. Saw a good size grizzly near the BC border - glad I did ...
Walking on a Glacier - Yeaha!
... the train had already left the tunnel driving down, the back is still entering the entrance on the other side. Along the way, just before Field: "THERE! STOP!" There he is - a bear! We already gave up the hope to see one and there he is: walking along ...
Lake O'Hara
... . We got about 2kms down the road and it was starting to get cold and the sun was disappearing behind the mountains when a Parks Canada truck pulled up and the driver asked if we'd like a lift. Naturally we said yes, and as there was no room ...
Yoho and Banff National Park
Today we did our first road trip in quite a while. The weather was overcast but the rain held until we were on our way home. We found some new treasures to visit. It's great when you travel with people who know the area. Fred has ...
The Burgess Shale
... a terrific view down to the beautiful glacial lake aptly named Emerald Lake and across the valley to Emerald Glacier, Michaels Peak, Mt Field, Mt Stephens and others. When we were there, the peaks drifted in and out of cloud, the lake was almost hidden ...
Banff to Field
We made our way from Banff to our luxury cabin night at Cathedral Lodge & stopped at a few beautiful places along the way. Piccies below. Sorry it's so brief but we're in a cafe/launderette in Jasper & on a time limit! Anyhoo, the ...
Weihnachten mal anders
... und alle möglichen Altersstufen sind vertreten. Die nächsten 3 Tage habe ich frei und starte mit einem Erkundungslauf durch Field. Beim Besucherzentrum hole ich mir eine Karte und stelle fest, dass man ohne Schneeschuhe oder Langläufer hier nicht sehr ...
Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks
... . I t was our first time eating buffalo. I had bear and deer, but never buffalo. Good. Then we went down on Trans Canada heading to Golden. Wanted to go all around through Golden and Radium Hot Springs and Kootenay Provincial Park back to Banff. We ...
The Iceline
With Nancy's dad visiting for a week we thought that we should show him the Rockies. September is certainly late in the season, but it is also a great time to hike because no one else is doing it and the bugs have all died (from cold, there is a message ...
Emerald lakes and wagons
16th Hiking day! Slept like a log last night. Was lovely night sleep. Nice change though i did wear two pairs of pjs. Was rather cold. Not really up for a long hike today but the guys are. We went to a pretty lake called emerald lake.m we were ...
Work and Stuff
Hello guys!! First of all, happy birthday my sissy! I won't actually be putting this up tonight but I will tomorrow so at least it won't be too late. However, back in Adel it's already Sunday afternoon but ah well. Hope you had a great day and ...
Yoho National Park
Today we headed south down Icefields Parkway with our first stops in Yoho National Park in British Columbia. We visited Takakkaw Falls and Emerald ...
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