At the southern end of the Bow Valley Parkway, we stopped here to hike up into Johnston Canyon to see waterfalls. What a trail! Most of it was catwalks attached to canyon walls. And what a crowd! There were a LOT of folks hiking this trail today! (seemed like half of 'em had dogs, and none of 'em spoke American english) It was a breathtaking hike above a lively stream, and we loved it. The parts of the trail that were on the ground were well attended by ground squirrels hoping for handouts.
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| I think this sign was wrong, it must have been at least five miles UP to the Upper Falls. |
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| We didn't make it up to see the ink pots..... |
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| Lower falls.
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| There is a cave overlook at the lower falls, but we didn't feel like standing in line.... |
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| Unnamed falls in the middle. |
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| Unnamed falls in the middle. |
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| Hard to see, but this entire wall of rock was flowing with water. |
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| The approach to view the Upper Falls. A bit scary to walk on this structure.... |
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| Upper Falls. |
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| Upper Falls. |
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And this is what we saw on the Trans Canada Highway 1 on our way home:
an 18 mile long traffic jam headed south to Banff, caused by a car fire.
We were steadily thanking God that we were on the northbound side! |
Aha! You made it there, and the falls still look IMPRESSIVE! Nice hike, huh?
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