The Natural Bridge

Just down the road from Emerald lake , there is a rock structure known as the Natural Bridge.

Over time the Yoho River has altered its route, and where it once rushed over the rocks as a waterfall, it has now found a path underneath leaving a rock bridge above.

Here you can see the bridge, it is still possible to walk across it, but it is slippery and the water underneath is racing past.


We had a short stop here before travelling on . We are still along way from Vancouver and time is running out!

Emerald Lake

Whilst we were in Banff, a taxi driver asked us if we had been to Emerald Lake , so we added it to the never ending list. Emerald lake is in Yoho national park, near Field. So it was very near to our campsite. Fortunately we arrive at the lake early as it soon got very busy with tourists. Most of them seemed to be on coach tours so they did not have time to walk all the way around the lake and we mostly enjoyed it by ourselves. The lake was very still and we had some wonderful reflections. Like lake Moraine the colour is constantly changing, but it is definitely a greener colour. I think I like this lake almost as much as lake Moraine.

The Kicking Horse and Yoho Rivers.

We were camping just outside Field this evening and after booking in to the camp site we drove up the road that led to the Takakkaw falls.They are the second highest falls in Canada and we would have liked to have seen them. Unfortunately the road is steep and narrow and contains two severe switchbacks, we had trouble negotiating the first and decided to back down whilst we could. We contented our selves with the smaller falls on the Kicking Horse River, where it joins the Yoho River.

Look carefully and you can see the two different colours. The falls are the Kicking Horse River whilst the greyer water in the foreground is the Yoho River