Yoho National Park
August 3
Today we drove over to Yoho National Park, just over the border in BC. We stopped first at the overlook for the Spiral Tunnel engineering feat. To reduce the grade coming down the western slope of the Rockies from 4.5 to less than 3 degrees, the Canadian Pacific Railroad engineers designed two tunnels that route the train back over/under itself. We waited for a long freight and got to see it in action. We actually saw the train on three levels.
Next we drove to Takakkaw Falls, one of the tallest in Canada (1,200'+) and hiked to up near the base. Then we drove out to Emerald Lake and ate lunch at the Emerald Lake Lodge in the woods.
We wrapped up the evening with a short drive out to Moraine Lake, about 15 miles out of Lake Louise Village. This lake is surrounded by 10 peaks...it is so pretty that is has appeared on Canadian $20 bills.
Today we drove over to Yoho National Park, just over the border in BC. We stopped first at the overlook for the Spiral Tunnel engineering feat. To reduce the grade coming down the western slope of the Rockies from 4.5 to less than 3 degrees, the Canadian Pacific Railroad engineers designed two tunnels that route the train back over/under itself. We waited for a long freight and got to see it in action. We actually saw the train on three levels.
Next we drove to Takakkaw Falls, one of the tallest in Canada (1,200'+) and hiked to up near the base. Then we drove out to Emerald Lake and ate lunch at the Emerald Lake Lodge in the woods.
We wrapped up the evening with a short drive out to Moraine Lake, about 15 miles out of Lake Louise Village. This lake is surrounded by 10 peaks...it is so pretty that is has appeared on Canadian $20 bills.
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