Yoho National Park

This weekend we didn't have much on so booked a hotel room for the night in Lake Louise and set off from Calgary to explore Yoho National Park a bit more thoroughly.

Just on the West side of the Alberta/B.C. border there is a steep hill that runs up from Field to the Alberta border. The incline was way too steep for trains so CP Rail decided to build the  spiral tunnels. I've only ever pulled over at the viewpoint once before & it is very uninteresting without a train in the tunnel. This time we had just gone past a train as we were heading down the hill from the Alberta border. Above & below show the train entering the tunnel at the top of the tunnel.

The photos still aren't that great, but they're kind of interesting none the less. Note that there is only one train in these photos. In the photo below you can see the locos exiting the tunnel while its tail is still entering at the top. This is lower of the two spiral tunnels.

Next on the agenda wasn't new to use but Emerald Lake is one of those places that we like so much that we keep going back. We walked the lake circuit which was pleasant enough but the lake wasn't being particularly photogenic thanks to the cloud cover and an icy breeze.

Signs of summer were appearing everywhere with the plants budding and flowering.

After our walk that was pretty much it for the day so we headed to Banff for dinner before turning in for the night.