Drive to Hi-Whisky Jack Hostel

This is the diary of one week spent with 22 others from the Alpine Club of Vancouver Island (ACCVI) at Lake O'Hara in Canada's Yoho national park from August 13th - 21st 2016. David A and I left home at 0540 to get the 0700 ferry to Tsawwassen. Albert Hestler unfortunately the day before had to cancel due to chest pains being investigated, which turned out to be not serious.
Diane joined us at the ferry and we drove to the Hi-Whisky Jack Hostel where we arrived at 2030. We stopped in Hope for coffee and Golden for a Greek supper. The Hi-Whisky Jack Hostel is 13 Km North of the Trans Canada highway just after passing Field, British Columbia.

"This wilderness hostel is lucky enough to have both showers and flush toilets in each 9-bed dormitory. Being a much smaller hostel, the atmosphere is much more welcoming for even the shyest of travellers to meet up with people and find hiking partners around the campfire at the end of the day. The hostel is just short walk from Takakkaw Falls, one of Canada's five highest waterfalls. The adventurous may want to walk 1.5km to the base of the falls and feel the icy cool mist. In the morning enjoy hikes to the Iceline, Yoho Lake or Twin Falls."

At the hostel we were able to walk the short distance to the Takakkaw falls just before it got dark and again in the morning.