Hiker, President Range, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Hike to Burgess Pass to admire the President Range above Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Walk here between Mount Field and Mount Wapta beneath the famous Burgess Shale Formation (a side trail only accessible with BSGF licensed guides), one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, famous for its extraordinary diversity and preservation of the soft parts of Middle Cambrian animals (505 million years old). The Emerald Triangle makes a fine hike of 20 km (12 miles, with 3200 feet gain) around Emerald Lake and over Burgess Pass and Yoho Pass. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984.

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Hike to Burgess Pass to admire the President Range above Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Walk here between Mount Field and Mount Wapta beneath the famous Burgess Shale Formation (a side trail only accessible with BSGF licensed guides), one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, famous for its extraordinary diversity and preservation of the soft parts of Middle Cambrian animals (505 million years old). The Emerald Triangle makes a fine hike of 20 km (12 miles, with 3200 feet gain) around Emerald Lake and over Burgess Pass and Yoho Pass. Yoho is one of several Canadian Rocky Mountains parks which comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1984.