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there is the south wall of the President Range, towering 800 vertical meters (2,625 feet)
above.
The valley for which the park is named lies north of the TransCanada Highway. As well as
the sights discussed previously, it provides many fine opportunities for serious day hikers
to get off the beaten track. The following day hikes begin from different trailheads near
the end of the road up Yoho Valley. In each case, leave your vehicle in the Takakkaw Falls
parking lot.
Twin Falls
• Length: 8 kilometers/5 miles (2.5 hours) one-way
• Elevation gain: 300 meters/980 feet
• Rating: moderate
• Trailhead: Takakkaw Falls parking lot, 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Highway 1
This trail takes over where the road through the Yoho Valley ends, continuing in a north-
erly direction up the Yoho River to Twin Falls, passing many other waterfalls along the
way. At spectacular Twin Falls, water from the Wapta Icefield divides in two before
plunging off an 80-meter-high (262-foot-high) cliff. Mother Nature may work in amazing
ways, but sometimes she needs a helping hand—or so the CPR thought. In the 1920s, the
company dynamited one of the channels to make the falls more symmetrical.
Twin Falls
Chalet
was built below the falls by the CPR in 1923 and today offers hikers light snacks
through the middle of the day.
Iceline
• Length: 6.4 kilometers/4 miles (2.5 hours) one-way
• Elevation gain: 690 meters/2,260 feet
• Rating: moderate/difficult
• Trailhead: HI-Yoho (Whiskey Jack Hostel)
The Iceline is one of the most spectacular day hikes in the Canadian Rockies. The length
given is from HI-Yoho to the highest point along the trail (2,250 meters/7,380 feet). (Day
hikers are asked to leave their vehicles across the road from the hostel, in the Takakkaw
Falls parking lot.) From the hostel, the trail begins a steep and steady one-kilometer
(0.6-mile) climb to a point where two options present themselves: The Iceline Trail is to
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