Takakkaw Falls Yoho National Park, B.C.

July 21, 2018

Just down the road from Wapta Falls is another waterfall that I visited some twenty years ago, but of which I have no good photographs.  At the turnoff, my windshield is checked to make sure that I have purchased the requisite (and expensive) parks pass.  Without it, travel is restricted to the Trans-Canada Highway.

After eight miles, the objective appears:

Takakkaw Falls, second-highest in Canada

The big parking lot is nearly full, but I find a space.  Street clothes will be sufficient for this stroll.

The paved footpath leads to a bridge across the Yoho River

There are views in all directions

Takakkaw Falls, 833'

This is why I go hiking

Closer yet

Scrambling beyond the end of the trail does not improve the scene.

§: Well, this isn't really as much a hike as an amble to a tourist attraction — but what an attraction!

• Trailhead: Yoho Valley access road, just east of Field
• Distance: 1 mile
• Elevation gain: 20'
• Hikers: dozens
• Rating: 7

Scenery
Difficulty

On the way out:

Many hikers and campers are up there

Some drivers are having trouble at the sharp hairpin curve