{"id":2853,"date":"2023-06-20T03:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/2023\/06\/20\/hello-from-emerald-lake\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T05:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T03:48:44","slug":"hello-from-emerald-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/2023\/06\/20\/hello-from-emerald-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Emerald Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-06-20T03:30:01+02:00\">20. June 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20221012_154021-scaled-e1680277497680-150x150.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ursula\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-48 alignnone photo\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Ursula<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/category\/culture-and-adventure\/\" rel=\"tag\">Culture &amp; Adventures<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/category\/inspiration-and-motivation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration &amp; Motivation<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/category\/where\/north-america\/\" rel=\"tag\">North America<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/category\/solo-trips\/\" rel=\"tag\">Solo trips<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/en\/category\/vanlife\/\" rel=\"tag\">Vanlife<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, June 16, 2023: A Green Lake and a World Heritage Site!<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Emerald Lake is located in Yoho National Park in the province of British Columbia and is known for its turquoise green water. But the mountains that surround it also have it all. High up in what is known as the Burgess Shale, 500-million-year-old Cambrian fossils have been found that are unique both in their preservation and in their species richness and, after their discovery in the early 20th century, contributed significantly to our understanding of the evolution of life. A section is dedicated to these fossils at the Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01295-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drive to Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01301-min-1-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drive to Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>My opinion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>A hike around Emerald Lake &#8211; scenically one of the most beautiful you can imagine!<\/p>\n\n<p>And that I was now at the place from where you can see the Burgess Shale high up on the mountain, with whose fossils I had already dealt intensively in the Tyrell Museum &#8211; just a joy!<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01302-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01305-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01306-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake, upper right: Burgess Shale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01307-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake. Top left: Burgess Shale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01310-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01311-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Diary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Emerald Lake was not directly on my way from Banff to Jasper, but I decided to make a side trip to British Columbia and Yoho National Park.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the first part of the hike around the lake you will be informed about the Burgess Shale. Because from this side you can see it directly. Then, about the first third of the way through, there are hardly any people, and on the other side of the lake I marched bravely along alone, thinking longingly of my brand-new Bearspray, still handy and originally packed in Annie Way&#8217;s shoe box. No, in the meantime it was in the box with the maps and travel guides &#8211; also ready to hand. I vowed to take it with me in the future!<\/p>\n\n<p>The only larger animals I saw, however, were bald eagles.<\/p>\n\n<p>And as it is so common in this area: I could not get out of the amazement!<\/p>\n\n<p>There is a nice saying: Collect moments, not things. It was another one of those moments &#8230;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01323-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hellofromthere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC01324-min-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emerald Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, June 16, 2023: A Green Lake and a World Heritage Site! Info: Emerald Lake is located in Yoho National Park in the province of British Columbia and is known for its turquoise green water. But the mountains that surround it also have it all. 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