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This time of year, you hear the trickling all around you. As the sun starts to thaw us out in Canmore, Jasper and Banff, and the snow melts, the sound of moving water becomes a sort of white noise in the background.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t miss the Canadian Rockies waterfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s got me thinking about one of my favourite mountain man past times in the Canadian Rockies: visiting the many amazing waterfalls here. There\u2019s something about the power of the water rushing over rock, and thinking about how this process is in many ways what created the amazing mountains you see in the Canadian Rockies today that I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a couple of my favourite falls in the Canadian Rockies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll start up in the north, at the top of Jasper National Park<\/a>, near the Columbia Icefield<\/a>, in the place known as Sunwapta Falls. There are two waterfalls there. The larger falls crash down a whopping 18 meters! It\u2019s truly a powerful spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climb up a little from the main falls, and you\u2019ll find a trail from the large falls that heads upward. Follow that trail, and you\u2019ll find the second waterfall. Though not not as large, it\u2019s still beautiful, and you won\u2019t find nearly as many people up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get to Sunwapta Falls by an access road off the highway that connects Jasper and Banff National Park<\/a>, Icefields Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Sunwapta, I\u2019d suggest check out some falls in Yoho National Park, where you\u2019ll find the amazing Takakkaw Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Takakkaw Falls are among the tallest in Canada. What\u2019s even cooler is that you can get close enough to the fall\u2019s base water spray gently on your face. The falls originate from meltwater from a glacier, but it\u2019s so far above you that you won\u2019t be able to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get to these amazing falls, jump on the road from Lake Louise<\/a> to Yoho. It\u2019s by far the best way to get to the falls, and on the way you\u2019ll get to see several more waterfalls on the cliffs next to you. They\u2019re sort of the opening acts for Takakkaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only problem is with this road is that it isn\u2019t plowed in the winter, so you\u2019ve got to go between October and June. It\u2019s a good excuse to come back, if nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, are the Athabasca Falls. These are also near Jasper. They\u2019re caused by the huge Athabasca River being forced through a narrow gorge, blasting out the other side for quite a show. These ones are great any time of year, even in the winter, when they look like some sort of enormous abstract ice sculpture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well that\u2019s it for now. Of course, there\u2019s lots more waterfalls waiting for you all over the Canadian Rockies. You never know when you\u2019ll come across one while on a little hike. I always find these to be the perfect places to take a rest, listen to the water, and think about things bigger than myself or any mountain man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s something about the power of the water rushing over rock, and thinking about how this process is in many ways what created the amazing mountains you see in the Canadian Rockies today that I love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2122175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2122172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banff-activities","category-banff-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFavourite Waterfalls in the\u00a0Canadian Rockies - Banff National Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are many more waterfalls waiting for you all over the Canadian Rockies. 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