August 24, 2020
Lake O'hara
Yoho National Park
Stats as Recorded by Suunto Traverse
Distance : 27.82 km
Elevation : 1067 m
Ascent : 4h06m
Descent : 4h35m
At Wiwaxy Gap - a gusty breeze led us to quickly snap a picture and leave
The plan was to do the entire Alpine Circuit but we didn't realize how huge of a day 42 km would be. It'll have to be another time for us to go back and complete it - probably going the other direction for Opabin Plateau, All Souls' Prospect (for that iconic panoramic photo of all the lakes) and the Yukness ledges.
An idea of how wide the ledges are - some of which are like steps cut into the mountain.
About halfway to Wiwaxy Gap - where some interesting ledges began
Left: a big waterfall after leaving Lake Oesa on our way back Lake Ohara; Center: Huber ledges - examining the neat geology; Right: a tiny "waterfall"/stream flowing through the ledges
This was probably the most amazing part of the trip. We bought a dehydrator awhile ago but had only tried our hand at fruit and jerky. This time we dehydrated a full meal and made our own backpacker's country food. Compared to $15 a meal with the branded ones (that often aren't that good), we got a meal of rotini pasta with ground beef, onions, tomatoes and carrots that fed the both of us for about $3. And then we started dreaming up all the other things we could dehydrate in the future...
Ma po tofu over rice...
Creamed corn with pork bits over rice...
- Drool -
Anyways, it fueled us before we headed down to Lake Oesa pictured behind and then back to Calgary for dinner.
One last look at Lake Ohara before we're back on... The road that never ends
11 km of fire road. No busses running due to COVID. So pristine and quiet given the "arduous" journey to get here this year. Not sure I would hike that road again, but there's definitely much more to see and more reason to return. Perhaps backcountry to make it more worth it if we were to hike the fire road again.