Johnston canyon, Banff National Park, AB
Johnston canyon, Banff National Park, AB
3.5 mi out and back 900 ft gain
Another very popular trail in Banff that takes you up Johnston canyon, where you will pass several waterfalls along the way and walk along boardwalks raised above the river below. One falls has a cave (and a line) with a view. Extends up to the Inkpots (mod.) and beyond. Begins across from camp, although adding moose meadows (9 mi w/inkpots) would allow you to start at the less crowded lot. The moose meadow section doesn’t really add much so I’ll be ignoring it in today and tomorrow’s trails.
(Only had my zoom lens that day, which is why I don’t have a complete main falls shot)
A nice two tiered waterfall that you pass along the trail.
A couple of the bands for the largest waterfall on the trail. There were 5 or 6 total bands of this size, with a couple of them semi-merged. Forgot the wide angle lens, but this is roughly half the height as well.
One of the two main waterfalls along Johnston creek, an unseen cave on the right provides a closer viewing window, but may have a line to wait in. When I was there, this line was way too deep for me to wait around on, but better planning and it may be cool.
It was very cold with at least a foot of snow on the ground so I didn't make it out to the ink pots (which would probably been frozen over anyway), but here's my chilly version of Johnston Canyon earlier this year:
That looks super cool frozen over, lot of different bits to it. Yeah, if you had snow there, then you probably wouldn’t have even been able to tell they were there. Kind of in a pit area that would’ve filled with snow I’m sure.