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Banff:Sept 12th
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Approaching the switchback
Screams!
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Sign
It's blurry, but large vehicles have to go up part of the switchback backwards! See video posted under Learn More above.
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On the switchback
No other cars around thankfully
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Turning
This is the turn, and you can't see cars coming down the other direction
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Turned
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Road
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
Info
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
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Takakkaw Falls
Chris
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Takakkaw Falls
Michelle
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Chris
sitting in a Red Chair. In a park video, it appears that only guys can sit in Red Chairs, while girls must sit on the arm rests.
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On to Twin Falls
With a stop at a few other falls along the way.
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Road
We're still not sure if there was a trail, but we walked along the road to get to the campground.
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Near the campground
We couldn't find the trail, and spent time wandering around this area for awhile.
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Trail
found it!
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Trail
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Trail
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View
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Angel Staircase Falls
Maybe by Michigan standards, but this is hardly a falls.
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Angel Staircase Falls
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Point Lace Falls
It's hard to tell, but there is water flowing down the trail
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Point Lace Falls
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Point Lace Falls
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Trail
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Sign
A common problem we had with maps and signs in the parks - lack of information. Nothing stating which way for Twin Falls. Thankfully, somebody corrected that.
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Unnamed falls
Along the way
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View
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Trail
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View
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View
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Laughing Falls
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Laughing Falls
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Laughing Falls
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Laughing Falls
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Dragon
Maybe it's me, but I thought this rock under Laughing Falls looked like the head of a smiling dragon
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Trail
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View
Lodge Pole Pines. The red one is being killed by a tiny worm.
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View
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Twin Falls
Though we can see it, we're still pretty far away. Unfortunately, none of the park signs state distance, so it's hard to say how far.
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View
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View
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Twin Falls
Map
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Twin Falls
Minus a twin. The water flow is a little less in the autumn.
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Twin Falls
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View
Notice the bridge in the distance
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Twin Falls
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Tea house
Closed
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Twin Falls
View from the bridge seen earlier. We decide to tag along with another hiker and take a different path back. Like us, she didn't want to go back the way we came, and she thinks this "rock slide" path will be better.
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View
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View
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Flowers
Chris took this picture for some reason
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View
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View
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View
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Rock slide
This went on for over 2 km, and the path got more difficult to see and scramble through further on
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View
Lake from an earlier picture. We've gained a bit of elevation since then.
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View
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View
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Out of the rock slide
Heading back
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Heading back
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Confluence
On the road, there is a pullout for a viewpoint of the confluence
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Meh
Not worth stopping, as there is no good view of it.
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Falafel wrap
and lemon bar from Trailhead Cafe
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