Canoeing Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.CANADA > 5. Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Index to this page: Lake O'Hara ( Odaray Highline Trail ) , Yoho Valley ( Iceline Trail , Takakkaw Falls ) , Emerald Lake , patterns of nature, flowers, animals

Photographs Copyright 1989-2008 by Tom Dempsey. I last modified this page on September 26, 2008.
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CANADA Index: Page 0. Highlights ~ 1: Banff NP ~ 2: Jasper NP ~ 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway ~ 4. Mt. Robson PP ~ 5. Yoho NP ~ 6. Kootenay NP ~ 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP ~ 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC ~ 9. Waterton Lakes NP ~ 10. Bugaboo PP ~ 11. Bowron Lake PP ~ 12. Garibaldi PP ~ 13. Animals of North America

Right: A red canoe paddles towards Emerald Lake Lodge, beneath Mount Burgess (2599 metres / 8527 feet), in Yoho National Park. For 17 years, Mount Burgess was featured on the Canadian ten-dollar bill.

Lake O'Hara

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Above: Clouds storm over a larch forest, turned yellow-orange in the fall season, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Hike above Lake O'Hara to reach this area of yellow-lichen-covered rocks.

Left: Carol hikes the Odaray Highline Trail from Lake O-Hara, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Below: Lake O'Hara Lodge has a prime location on this turquoise lake.

Below: Sunset scene from Lake O'Hara Campground, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada


Above right: Cabins of Lake O'Hara Lodge reflect in the lake, on a cloudy day in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. (Panorama stitched from 3 images.)

Left: Hikers walk around Lake O'Hara beneath Mount Huber (3368 meters), Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.


Below: Mount Huber (3368 meters), Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Odaray Highline Trail


From Odaray Grandview Prospect (2535 meters elevation), on the Odaray Highline Trail, you can see Lake O'Hara and Lake McArthur, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. (Panorama stitched from 12 images.)

Left: Lake McArthur, seen from Odaray Grandview Prospect, 2535 meters elevation. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Below: Foggy, snowy peak above Lake O'Hara.


Left: From the Odaray Highline Trail, you can look down to Elizabeth Parker Hut (bottom center), and Lake O'Hara Lodge, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: Elizabeth Parker Hut (near Lake O'Hara) in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada


Above: Odaray Grandview Prospect (2535 meters elevation) is the destination of the Odaray Highline Trail, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. (Panorama stitched from 5 images.)

Yoho Valley

Iceline Trail

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Above: Yoho Valley, seen from the Iceline Trail, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Center right is Takakkaw Falls. (Panorama stitched from 16 images; scroll right to see wide image on small monitors.)

Left: Four hikers ascend the Iceline Trail in Yoho Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: Gary rests by a stream flowing from a glacier on the Iceline Trail, in the Yoho Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.


Above: Waputik Icefield, and the Daily Glacier, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. (Panorama stitched from 3 images.)

Left: Takakkaw Falls plunges about 380 meters (1246 feet), with a 254-meter (833-foot) freefall, making it Canada's second highest waterfall. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: A stream plunges down from a glacier on the Iceline Trail, in the Yoho Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada


Left: A wide, shallow stream flows from Little Yoho Valley, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: Hikers ascend the Iceline Trail towards the Emerald Glacier, in the Yoho Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: Maggie and Jack admire scenery of the Yoho Valley, on the Iceline Trail, in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Takakkaw Falls


Left: Takakkaw Falls plunges about 380 meters (1246 feet), with a 254-meter (833-foot) freefall, making it Canada's second highest waterfall. Yoho Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Below: Takakkaw Falls kicks up sheets of mist in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Emerald Lake

Canoeing Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Above: A red canoe paddles towards Emerald Lake Lodge, beneath Mount Burgess (2599 metres / 8527 feet), in Yoho National Park. For 17 years, Mount Burgess was featured on the Canadian ten-dollar bill.

 [Published in Wilderness Travel 2004 Catalog of Adventures.]

Tom Dempsey in Yoho NP, Canada Left: Photographer Tom Dempsey in Yoho NP.

    Below right: Two people canoe in Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Canoeing Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Patterns of nature

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Rock etched into polygons by lichen. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Above: Rock etched into polygons by lichen. Yoho National Park.

Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Left: Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia. [To see highlights of my worldwide abstract images, see My Fine Art Gallery: Abstracts.]


Above right: Blue and orange rock pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
Colorful mold on rotting log. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Left: Pink and blue-green mold on log.



 Below: Red and orange fall color leaves. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Fall color leaves. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.

Club moss, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Left: Club moss, Yoho National Park, British Columbia
Colorful mold on rotting log. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Left: Colorful mold on rotting log. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.



Below: Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park, BC
  Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park, BC

Left: Yellow Columbine flower, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Below: White flowers with yellow center.

Left: Columbian ground squirrel, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Copyright 1989-2008 by Tom Dempsey. Photographs may not be copied without permission.

CANADA > 5. Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Index to this page: Lake O'Hara ( Odaray Highline Trail ) , Yoho Valley ( Iceline Trail , Takakkaw Falls ) , Emerald Lake , patterns of nature, flowers, animals

CANADA Index: Page 0. Highlights ~ 1: Banff NP ~ 2: Jasper NP ~ 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway ~ 4. Mt. Robson PP ~ 5. Yoho NP ~ 6. Kootenay NP ~ 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP ~ 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC ~ 9. Waterton Lakes NP ~ 10. Bugaboo PP ~ 11. Bowron Lake PP ~ 12. Garibaldi PP ~ 13. Animals of North America

 The following Canadian Rocky Mountains parks comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area registered by UNESCO in 1984: Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park, Hamber Provincial Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, and Mount Robson Provincial Park. These mountains rival any in the world for breathtaking beauty.
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