Banff National Park Part 5- Johnston Canyon.

[pitdog]

The place we stayed at in Banff was called Johnston Canyon and is located between the town of Banff and Lake Louise.
There are lots of hikes to do right on the doorstep, this was one such hike~

This hike begins very civilised as you walk along a series of walkways following the limestone canyon carved by the flow of water over the years.

It doesn't take long before you reach the lower falls, here the water plunges 10 m (33 feet) into a deeply carved pothole below~

From here you continue the trail following the water all the time~

Eventually you reach the upper falls where you find water cascading down more than 30 m (almost 100 feet). At this point, the trail leaves the creek and widens on route to the Ink Pots.

Once on the trail to the Ink Pots you leave all the tourists behind, with so many grizzly sightings in the area I found it a little unnerving at times.
Anyway after some huffing and puffing we arrived at the marvel of nature known as the Ink Pots !

I sat and caught my breath before heading back !

 

[dc50]

Some nice pic's of the canyon, yeah thats what creeps me out is watching for Grizzlies.
I live about 30 miles east.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

I'm SOOOOOO Jealous!!!!

 

[UffDa]

We were in Banff late Sept. 1998. It was elk rutting season. That made golfing interesting. Besides being on vacation, I had some business to conduct with one
of the park wardens. I asked about problems caused by the elk on the golf course. He told me that they get a bit aggressive sometimes, but it's no big deal. The
real problems occur in the spring during calving on the golf course. The bears come onto the course after the calves and if a golfer gets in the way the bears
aren't happy.

I have a lot of pictures, but they are on slides. I have one of a bull walking next to a Honda Civic. The top of the roof of the Civic was just even with the bottom
of the bull's belly. The people in the car got a good view of it's knees.

I would love to go back, but I doubt that's going to happen.

 

[omniviking]

thanks so much for posting pitdog.

 

[pitdog]

We were in Banff late Sept. 1998. It was elk rutting season. That made golfing interesting. Besides being on vacation, I had some business to conduct with one
of the park wardens. I asked about problems caused by the elk on the golf course. He told me that they get a bit aggressive sometimes, but it's no big deal. The
real problems occur in the spring during calving on the golf course. The bears come onto the course after the calves and if a golfer gets in the way the bears
aren't happy.

I have a lot of pictures, but they are on slides. I have one of a bull walking next to a Honda Civic. The top of the roof of the Civic was just even with the bottom
of the bull's belly. The people in the car got a good view of it's knees.

I would love to go back, but I doubt that's going to happen.

Great pic buddy.

This video is from this year !
[youtube]vS4iFcH118M[/youtube]

 

[kgd]

Great trip pit, thanks for sharing it with us!

 

[lambertiana]

I have always wanted to visit both Banff and Jasper. And that canyon hike looks really nice, too. Great pics!

 

[pitdog]

Thanks guys, I really had the post holiday blues when I came back !

 

[dc50]

Thanks guys, I really had the post holiday blues when I came back !

Heck, Vancouver Island's a great place as well. Or was it having to go back to work?that usually sets me down for a day or so.

 

[pitdog]

Heck, Vancouver Island's a great place as well. Or was it having to go back to work?that usually sets me down for a day or so.

Hahaha.....little bit of both, I need to get back out and reinstill my love of the Island !

 

[kgd]

Thanks guys, I really had the post holiday blues when I came back !

LOL, I start getting work e-mail dread on my drive back from any of my trips. I think the car trip + mixture of camping route is one of the best types of vacations for being able to see so many things and not get fatigued doing it. I've been thinking back a few times these past 2 years on how I can sometimes start to get a bit stir crazy in a given trip after 4 d of doing the same stuff but this is less of the case when I do the trip/car rental thing and can move from park to park, catch a couple of nights backcountry, visit diverse trails, grab some great restaurant grub etc. The venerable road trip and its lifestyle hardly gets old (at least up to a couple of weeks)....