Tour Canadian Rockies Yoho National Park on Backpacking Vacations

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Backpacking Tours in Canada's Yoho National Park

Canadian Rockies' Yoho National Park was established in 1885 and is now part of the Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The park is located just an 83km tour from Banff, and consists of 28 summits over 3000m (10,000 ft) high mountains, glaciers, alpine lakes, wildflowers and waterfalls. The national park's name, Yoho, is named for a native Cree word expressing "awe".

This canadian rockies tour starts at the base of the 380m (1250 ft) high Takakkaw Falls. From there, the mountain hike continues up Iceline Trail and passes several glaciers en route to a possible camp.

Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park - Canadian Rockies

From a comfortable Hut, the tour days can be spent day hiking and exploring the Yoho area. You can visit the 80m (260 ft) high Twin Falls as is plunges over a limestone cliff, tour above treeline over the Whaleback for great views of the ice fields, and visit the Marpole and Celeste Lakes.

Yoho Glacier Tours from Canada's Iceline Trail

The tour route back is along the Little Yoho Valley and offers a variety of beautiful wildflowers that are well suited to a great Canadian Rockies cool down just before the end of this tour.