YOHO NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 301

Campgrounds
Unlike neighboring Banff and Jasper, no reservations are taken for camping in Yoho's
vehicle-accessible campgrounds. All sites have a picnic table and fire ring, with a fire per-
mit costing $8 (includes firewood). When all campgrounds are filled, campers are directed
to overflow areas.
The park's main camping area is Kicking Horse Campground (mid-May-early Oct.,
$28 per site), five kilometers (3.1 miles) northeast of Field along the road to Takakkaw
Falls. Facilities include coin showers ($1), flush toilets, and kitchen shelters. Back toward
the TransCanada Highway, Monarch Campground (mid-June-early Sept., $17.60 per
site) offers more-limited facilities and less-private walk-in tent sites; Hoodoo Creek
Campground (mid-June-Aug., $22 per site), along the TransCanada Highway, 23 kilo-
meters (14 miles) southwest of Field, provides 30 sites among the trees and facilities that
include flush toilets, hot water, kitchen shelters, and an interpretive program.
At the end of the road up the Yoho Valley, Takakkaw Falls Campground (July-Sept.,
$18 per site) is designed for tent campers only. Park at the end of the road and load up the
carts with your gear for a pleasant 400-meter (0.2-mile) walk along the valley floor. No
showers are provided, and the only facilities are pit toilets and picnic tables.
Just below Lake O'Hara, alongside the access road, is a delightful little campground
surrounded by some of the region's finest hiking. Each of 30 sites has a tent pad, fire pit,
and picnic table, while other facilities include pit toilets, two kitchen shelters with wood-
stoves, and bear-proof food caches. Reservations for sites are made in conjunction with the
bus trip along the restricted-access road from Highway 1 to Lake O'Hara; for bus informa-
tion call the dedicated reservations line at 250/343-6433. (Reservations for the bus are lim-
ited and must be made three months in advance.) Even though access is aboard a bus, you
should treat the trip as one into the backcountry; passengers are limited to one large or two
small bags, and no coolers or fold-up chairs are permitted on board the shuttle. Camping is
$10 per person per night, the bus costs $15 per person round-trip, and the reservation fee
is $12 per booking. Three to five sites are set aside for bookings made the previous day,
but as with the shuttle, they fill within minutes of the reservation line opening.
FOOD
In downtown Field, M Truffle Pigs Bistro (Kicking Horse Lodge, 250/343-6303, dinner
daily, also breakfast and lunch in summer, $19-32) is one of those unexpected finds that
makes traveling such a joy. In the evening this place really shines, with dishes as adventur-