Kate's Travels: Iceline Trail Hike, Yoho National Park, BC

Now that I have internet at my new apartment, I can do another update!

A couple of weeks ago (5th August), I went for another hike. I had heard about this one through a group of people and wanted to try it out. So a few of us (~10) decided to head out.
It's called the Iceline Trail and is in the Yoho National Park in British Columbia (BC) province - my first time in BC and the furthest west that I have been! It was around 3 hours drive from Calgary, past Banff and Lake Louise.
The trail is around 14km (return) and had an elevation gain of around 700m (classed as Moderate).
It starts at Takkakaw Falls, which is a fairly large waterfall, which is sourced by a glacier at the top of the mountain behind it. The power of the water was amazing (and for those of you who didn't know, big walls of water, like water falls, dam walls, etc, kinda give me the chills...). The water coming off the edge of the mountain hit a ledge or a narrow part of the cliff wall, which directed the water outwards from the wall, so it gave it a stepped look.
The environment / surroundings along the hike changed quite a bit - it was really interesting! We started out in a damp forested area, with many trees and limited view of the mountains around us, it then thinned and dried out a little, but still had trees, but more shrubs and flowering plants (it was very pretty). It got rockier and fewer and fewer trees, until there were no trees, just rocks and gravel, etc, with the ridge of the mountain next to us and the glacier(s) in the distance.
Toward the end of the hike (one way), we came to the glacier(s) and many streams and lakes that were running off the melting glacier. It was very pretty!
There was also this surreal view, where the gravelly and rocky environment abutted a lush green grass area... it felt like something out of Lord of the Rings and a friend of mine said she felt like she'd see a golf buggy scoot along at any moment.... a rolling grass field, next to a harsh rocky environment.

On the way home, we stopped for dinner in a small English pub in Canmore which no one had been to before and were pleasantly surprised by it! The Canmore Folk Festival was on, so we couldn't get a table at our usually preferred pub, which has a gorgeous view of the mountains, but this was a good alternative.

Below are some photos from the hike