Field is a cozy mountain village located in Yoho National Park within the Canadian Rockies in Canada.

Mount Field

The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of about 170, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.

Get in

Field is a 2½-hour drive west of Calgary along the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff National Park, passing Banff and Lake Louise along the way. Field can also be reached along the Trans-Canada Highway from Vancouver to the west.

See

• Spiral Tunnel - about 10 minutes from the small town of Field. Catch the Trans-Canada train spiralling through the mountain around 2PM.

Takakkaw Falls

• 1 Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley Road (east of Field). The second tallest waterfall in Canada, 45 minutes from Field in Yoho National Park. The falls are a short walk from the carpark. (updated May 2020)

Do

• Yoho National Park

Buy

• The Velvet Antler Pottery Shop, 314 Stephen Ave, ☏ +1 250 343-6456, info@velvetantlerpottery.com. Artist-owned gallery and atelier of pottery. Handmade stoneware and porcelain. 

Eat

• Truffle Pigs Cafe, 100 Centre St. Daily 8AM-11PM, no food service after 9PM. 
• Kicking Horse Lodge Restaurant. 
• Cathedral Mountain Lodge. 
• Mount Burgess Dining Room & Cilantro's, 1 Emerald Lake Road, ☏ +1 250-343-6321. Dining room open year-round (7AM-11AM, 6PM-8:30PM - F Sa until 9:30PM). Cilantro's Bistro in summer only (11AM-9PM). (updated May 2018)
• Chercher La Vache Cafe, 316 Steven Ave, ☏ +1-250-343-6336. 8AM-late, kitchen closes at 9PM. A great little cafe with amazing food. Some nights have live music. Has free wireless Internet and a patio. Doubles as the coffee shop, corner store, liquor store and souvenir shop. Many of the staff speak French. 

Drink

Have a drink in the sunshine on the patio at the Truffle Pigs Cafe or Kicking Horse Lodge (Su–Th 11AM–10PM, F Sa 11AM–11PM).

Sleep

• Kicking Horse Lodge, 100 Centre St, ☏ +1 250 343-6303, toll-free: +1-800-659-4944, khlodge@telus.net. 
• Emerald Lake Lodge, 1 Emerald Lake Road, ☏ +1 403-410-7417. Built of hand-hewn timber and featuring massive stone fireplaces, the lodge includes an elegant dining room, quiet reading and sitting rooms, conference facilities and a games room. Lounge features an oak bar salvaged from an 1890s-era Yukon saloon. From upper and lower verandas, the vistas of surrounding mountainscapes are breathtaking. Rooms from $330. (updated May 2018)
• Alpine Guesthouse, 313 2nd Ave, ☏ +1 250 343-6878. 
• The Bear's Den Guesthouse, ☏ +1 250 343-6439. 
• The Old Church Guesthouse, ☏ +1 250 343-6345, fax: +1 250 343-6388. 
• Canadian Rockies Inn, 308 Stephen Ave, ☏ +1 250 343-6046. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. Low season $131.25, high season $194.25. 

Go next

Routes through Field

Kamloops ← Golden ←

W  E

→ Lake Louise (in Banff NP) → Banff