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HI Yoho National Park

Whiskey Jack Wilderness Hostel

HI Yoho National Park, Whiskey Jack Wilderness Hostel

Yoho Valley Road
Yoho National Park, British Columbia

How often do you get to be lulled to sleep by a roaring waterfall? Just down the road from the 1,254-foot Takakkaw Falls, HI Yoho National Park gives you rustic, wilderness living surrounded by nature. Open from late June to September.

Highlights
  • The view (and sound) of Takakkaw Falls
  • Endless trailheads out the front door
  • Rustic experience with indoor toilets and a shower
Reservations & Other Inquiries
Useful Info

This hostel is not bookable until further notice.

Help lighten our laundry load! Feel free to bring your own towel.

Amenities

  • Free parking
    Free parking
  • Kitchen
    Kitchen
  • Bike storage
    Bike storage
  • Campfire
    Campfire
  • Linens provided
    Linens provided
All Amenities & Facilities

A glimpse of the hostel

HI Yoho Wilderness Hostel
Log cabin in the woods
Shared Room
Kitchen
Yoho 2018
Takakkaw Falls Yoho Unsplash

Rooms & Beds

Group Bookings

HI Yoho National Park, Whiskey Jack Hostel is a rustic retreat surrounded by wilderness hiking trails and adventure opportunities. The hostel sleeps up to 27 guests and comes with a self-catering kitchen with potable water, indoor toilets and a shower, solar-powered lights and appliances and an outdoor fire pit.

Groups Information

The best location for a hostel in the Canadian Rockies. Across the valley from Takakkaw Falls and just metres away from the start of the Iceline Trail. Dark skies a plenty at night for stargazers! Be sure to stop by when in Yoho National Park

Greg Boutestein

Located right in the front of the Takakkaw Falls, the sound of the grandiose fall can be heard anywhere in the hostel. A very unique in-the-woods experience that suits the backpacker/hikers on the trails.

Jiwon L

There are also showers! Pretty incredible for a place so remote and only open for 3 months. Very clean, well organized and located right next door to the start of the Iceline trail.

PeterYEG

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