Our favourite hiking area in the Canadian Rockies is Lake O’Hara.
But it’s extremely difficult to get a reservation.
Our friends at travel2walk did the famed circuit the hard way:
- distance: 14.3 miles (23.0 km)
- elevation change: 4651 ft. ascent (1418 m) & 3228 ft. descent (984 m)
- time: 8:23 hours (7:17 moving)
They hiked in 6.9 miles (11 km) on the Lake O’Hara fire road. Did the Circuit. And were lucky enough to get seats on the 4:30pm bus out (CAD$9.75 fee per person cash).
Read their August 2019 Trip Report:
Yoho National Park – Lake O’Hara Alpine Circuit
To learn more check out Lake O’Hara Alpine Circuit information page.
Autumn is a good time to make the long day hike, by the way.
besthike.com 
Thanks again Rick for the shoutout. Fall with the changing larch trees and the dusting of snow looks like amazing scenery, though hard to imagine it being more picturistic. I imagine some of the popular hike would be less crowded as well. Something I’m looking for the next time I visit