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Google Earth view of the Yoho Valley hike. Our route is shown by the brown line. The lake just right of center is meltwater from Daly Glacier and just above Takakkaw Falls.
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Takakkaw Falls from the start of the Yoho Valley Trail
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View of the falls a few minutes later when the sun is shining on it
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Looking up Yoho Valley
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That looks like Mt Gordon at the end of the valley, on the right
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Our last view of Takakkaw Falls for several hours
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Angel's Staircase Falls on the opposite side of the Yoho River
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A closer look at Angel's Staircase Falls
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Point Lace Falls
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The Yoho Valley Trail has some steeper sections
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When you look up here, you see mountains above you...
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...and when you look down, there are mushrooms
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Rapids in the Yoho River
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A colourful distraction at the side of the trail
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Laughing Falls, and about the point we turn off the Yoho Valley Trail
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A closer look at Laughing Falls
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It looks like a spiney puffball!
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A bunch of puffballs
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This mushroom (?) looks more like a sponge
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The Little Yoho Valley Trail has many more steep sections compared to the Yoho Valley Trail
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These mushrooms are growing in a fallen tree
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Little Yoho River. This is where we had lunch
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Where the Celeste Lake Trail crosses the Little Yoho River
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Celeste Lake
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The Celeste Lake Trail
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Mountains in the distance...
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