Yoho National Park
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| Narrow Gage Train Engine |
This area is known for a railroad engineering masterpiece. The Continental Divide pass is extremely rugged and steep. The original track grade that was built was way too steep. After several accidents the track was redesigned. To reduce the slope of the track, they created two switchbacks by boring two deep tunnels in the mountain that formed a large loop. The long trains could exit the tunnel and still see the end of their train entering.
This morning we hiked from our campground up a trail that led us to the train tracks and to the crashed remains of the original narrow gage engine that was used to build the tunnels. This was quite an uphill climb but provided a great history on the railroad system in this area.
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| Convergence of Glacier and Lake Water |
We drove up the Yoho Valley Road from our campsite and stopped at the viewpoint of the lower spiral tunnel and a little further on the convergence of the Yoho and Kicking Horse rivers. One was glacier fed and milky, the other lake fed and clear. At the top of our road we end at the Takakkaw Falls. This is one of the highest in Canada.
On this same mountain area we explore Emerald Lake. We hike the entire level trail around the lake enjoying the beautiful turquoise colored water.
This evening it’s time for dinner out, so we find a great little place to eat in Field called the Truffle Pig’s Bistro. Very good food! We both had salmon.
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| Takakkaw Falls |
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| Emerald Lake |
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| Truffle Pig Bistro |
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| Kicking Horse River next to campsite |
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