Glacier National Park (Canada) vs Yoho National Park
Two parks in British Columbia. Glacier National Park (Canada) has no online ticket listed; Yoho National Park has 1 ticket or tour to book. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Canada's Glacier National Park, which must not be confused with the American park of the same name in Montana, lies in the Selkirk mountains of British Columbia, part of the Columbia ranges that stand to the west of the Rockies, and the Trans-Canada Highway runs through the middle of it, over Rogers Pass, so that it is seen by everyone who drives between Calgary and Vancouver. The pass is about seventy kilometres, three quarters of an hour, east of the town of Revelstoke and eighty kilometres, an hour, west of Golden, which are the nearest places with a full range of accommodation, and some four hours from Calgary; there is no public transport worth mentioning. A Parks Canada pass is required to stop in the park, though not to drive through. At the summit of the pass stands the Rogers Pass discovery centre, built in the form of one of the old railway snow sheds, with exhibits on the railway, the avalanches and the wildlife, a theatre and a bookshop, and it is the place to enquire about trail conditions and bear warnings.
Yoho lies on the western, British Columbian slope of the Canadian Rockies, immediately across the continental divide from Banff National Park, and the Trans-Canada Highway runs through the middle of it, so that it is reached in twenty-five minutes from Lake Louise and an hour and a quarter from the town of Banff, from which day tours, often combined with the neighbouring Kootenay park, are run. It is much smaller and quieter than Banff, and its principal sights can be seen in a day. A Parks Canada pass, daily or annual, is required and is sold at the gates and visitor centres. The tiny railway village of Field, in the centre, has the park's visitor centre, a few lodgings and cafes. Three places make up the standard circuit. Takakkaw Falls, among the highest in Canada, is reached by the Yoho Valley road, thirteen kilometres, which includes a pair of switchbacks so tight that long vehicles must reverse up one leg and trailers are forbidden;
