O'hara lives up to the hype

Wow lake O'Hara in Yoho National park must be one of the nicest places in the world. It;s basically the hikers version of Glastonbury, you can only get to the campsite or bus to the trails if you book three months in advance and even then you have to ring repeatedly in order to get through. Given that we hadn't even heard of Lake O'Hara before we arrived we were unbelievably lucky to get there, the ranger at the information centre made us aware that there was a cancellation and Fi got up early to make the call.

When we arrived it was peeing down with rain and we couldn't really see a single mountain because of the thick mist. Miserably we pitched our tent and considered spending many hours trudging in the rain without seeing a thing. Amazingly for a back country campsite O'hara has a day shelter that sells coffee and carrot cake, I know....pretty amazing for a wilderness site.  We stowed ourselves inside by the wood burning stove and considered spending the day there. However, within an hour the weather had changed and we got out for a walk, the pictures nearly do justice to how amazing it was.

Keep your ears open and you will hear a marmot whistling...or is he shouting Alan, Alan

Lake O'hara

Not a bad spot for a picnic

Lake Oesa

Preparing for take off

There is a Pika on top of that rock if you look carefully

Yukness ledges, nicer than the name suggests

Either a very clean or very dirty marmot

The bus to lake O'hara

Creepy signage - Ralph told others on the bus he hoped to keep bodily fluids to himself for the extent of the journey.