Takakkaw Falls

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Today we left Lake Louise and headed west on highway 1 out of Alberta and into British Columbia towards a town called Field. Our main destination was to be Takakkaw Falls, we branched off the main highway and headed up Yoho Valley road towards the waterfall.

Takakkaw, a Cree Indian word meaning "magnificant", is a name that couldn't suit this incredible waterfall any better. The melt from the nearby Daly Glacier plummets 254m down the valley wall, forming one of the best waterfalls of North America.

We had visited Canada many times but not been able to visit this spot as the road up to the viewpoint is closed for a good part of the year, there are quite a few switchbacks so negotiating this road in the winter snow would be treacherous to say the least.

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