For the first time on the channel, we get the chance to go and explore the Lake O'Hara area for two days. This area is extremely difficult to get to because Parks Canada has limited entry to roughly 200 people per day with bus rides organized to go up the 11km road. You can put your name in a lottery to get a bus ticket or attempt to book a campground at the lake when it opens on Parks Canada's website. This was our group of four hikers exploring the lower alpine route trail during our first day of hiking.
Lake O'Hara is a lake at an elevation of 2,020 metres in the alpine area of Yoho National Park, in the province of British Columbia, on the western side of the Great Divide with the province of Alberta and Banff National Park to the east. The area is known for its scenery as well as its alpine hiking. Visitors often follow the climbing trails which ascend from Lake O'Hara to Lake Oesa and to Opabin Lake. The number of people who access the area by bus has been limited in order to preserve the sensitive alpine environment.
The area is named after Colonel Robert O'Hara, an Irishman from Derryhoyle, Galway who heard about the area from J.J. McArthur, a government surveyor. The Elizabeth Parker Alpine Club Hut is in the Meadows about a 15-minute walk from the Lodge. It is a ski destination in the winter, with many skiers doing it as a day trip.
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