Before heading to Calgary, Alberta (post to come), my last stop was Johnston Canyon. The trail to the waterfalls took me about 30 minutes, but keep in mind, it was still frozen over and the walk was quite icy and slippery.
The conditions didn’t stop tourists, it was pretty busy. Most of the Banff resort-goers head to the waterfalls. According to Banff’s official website, “The trail to the waterfalls of Johnston Canyon has to be the busiest in the Canadian Rockies. Nearly every day throughout the summer, hundreds of hikers follow its canyon-clinging catwalks and cliff-mounting staircases to the gorge’s Lower and Upper Falls.”
It’s advisable to do the hike during the early morning or evening hours to avoid the rush of people.
Did I mention I saw mountain goat while doing the drive to Johnston Canyon. I was SUPER happy about this.
Beautiful photos once again! I’d love to hike through these mountains. Canada does have the best scenery!
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I didn’t get to do as many trails as I wanted because I went alone. But there are some areas (especially Banff) that you can wander and there are always a ton of people around!
I can see why this is a popular hiking location. It’s beautiful! 🙂
It wasn’t one of my favourite, I think because of the rain.
Surely it should be one of the wonders of the world! And you got to see it with your own eyes. Thanks for sharing it, Emily.
Thanks Ginnie! I think the adventure would have been better had it not been so rainy, but still a great place to check out!
great photos 🙂 looks so calm and peaceful 🙂
It really was!
some excellent scenes there! loved those majestic trees around the river
Why thank you!!! It was not as pretty as I hoped, but I still had to go!