Burgess Shale: A Yoho Hike
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Welcome to a post about a 7.5hr hike in Yoho Park. This excursion took us from Emerald Lake, to Yoho Lake to the Burgess Pass, returning us to Emerald Lake. All on a gorgeous mostly overcast beautiful summer day!
We started down the Emerald Lake trail going just over a kilometer to reach the Yoho Lake trailhead.
As you can see, this part of the trek boasted amazing views! Mountains, forest, alpine meadows and a captivating glacier fed waterfall!
Taking us to our destination! Yoho Lake. There's a cute campground that was set up in 1906 by The Alpine Club of Canada. They held their first gathering at this location!
We opted to take the longer more adventurous route back via The Burgess Pass, which is home to the site that is protected and full of fossils called 'The Burgess Shale'. Here's what this area looks like incase you're wondering!
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Pretty isn't it? First we look up the mountain and then down the mountain. You can see Emerald Lake in the distance.
Onward, we go...
Amazing views!! This route is long but offers very satisfying experience! I highly reccomend it!
I hope you are doing well and enjoying yourseld wherever you find yourself on our beautiful plantet.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon!
Love,
Jill 🌼
Looks like a great trip! If you left out Yoho lake, and just went to the burgess shale, how long would that take you figure?
Hey Dave! To get there it's a fairly decent accent, (which i came down, and it took just over two hours.) So, i would guess getting there would take about mby 3-4.5 hours round trip. The protected shale area is close once you get thru the tough accent. It's fairly flat after that. It's very easy to access the Burgess Pass route off of the Emerald Lake Trail when you go the forest route past Cabin 33. It was a great day of hiking! I am still tired. Lol
If you take out the part of going to Yoho lake, still super worth it? Reason being is that I've been there already and it was great in fact.
Yes. Wish i had more time to spend at the lake and more time to search for fossils. It's a rewarding hike. A treasured experience.
The beauty is really mindblowing in full bloom summer anyway. Could not have been more perfect. Verrrry sacred place. The trail up from Emerald seems like it once was traveled by horse, the trail seemed so ancient. Who knows tho, i don't!! Haha, it's insanely lush and there's water flowing beneath in spots. I hope you get a chance to do it. Gosh, it will be a steep one. I hope you're ready!!! Lol
The beauty is really mindblowing in full bloom summer anyway. Could not have been more perfect. Verrrry sacred place. The trail up from Emerald seems like it once was traveled by horse, the trail seemed so ancient. Or at least it took great effort to create the trail. Who knows tho, i don't!! Haha, it's insanely lush and there's water flowing beneath in spots. I hope you get a chance to do it. Gosh, it will be a steep one. I hope you're ready!!! Lol
Thanks for the detailed information. Hope to visit out there soon!
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Wow! Fantastic nature there! Lovely views and fresh air! What a nice trek with friends! Wanna be there too!
Such fresh air! Such a sacred place. Max healing. You'd just love it here and we would have such a treasured time together!!! But, i think you might feel a bit chilly!! Lol We'll get you a touque fast!! Or, do you already have one?? Lol
Ya. A good idea! Get me a toque as well, need to keep warm. 😂
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