Laughing Falls

Laughing Falls is found 4.2 kilometers along the Yoho Valley Trail from the end of the Yoho Valley Road at Takakkaw Falls. Best views of the falls are had by walking upstream towards the falls about 300 feet after crossing the bridge over the Little Yoho River.Laughing Falls is the major waterfall of the Little Yoho River as it plunges out of a modest hanging valley to meet the Yoho River on the floor of the valley. The river emerges from a very narrow slot canyon and explode outward in a forceful plunge of about 100 feet which sends up a constant, blinding wall of mist that is capable of producing immensely vibrant rainbows in the morning hours. Its very possible there are additional waterfalls along the Little Yoho River within the gorge above the falls, but due to the thick forest in the area and the presumably precarious access to the rim of the canyon, little to no exploration of further features has yet been done (or if it has we have yet to see any evidence of such work).