Back Bay Ice Falls — Attraction in Yellowknife

Be careful hiking into this area in the winter. At first I got lost and spent 30 mins looking for the entrance to this trail as it is not clearly marked. There was a single passerby that helped guide me to the entrance. You have to pass a small cemetery and there is a point when you have to slide down ice just to get down to the cave since you can’t just jump down with it being high. When I got to this area there was hardly anyone on the trail and I did slip on a huge ice rock pictured here smack on my tailbone. There is no cell phone coverage and no one can hear you if you yell for help. Make sure you travel with a buddy as it can be barren and if you are in distress no one is around to help and you can’t call for help. Luckily, I got up (despite the black and purple bruise) and was able to trek it out even though a bit difficult climbing up on ice to make it back through the cemetery. The time of 2+hrs is because of treading in the snow, being lost and starting from Sundog...

This was such a fun hike and hidden little gem that was recommended to us by a local. Rating “moderate” simply for the fact that in the snow/ice at the end of March, both my husband and I did slip/fall, even with good gripping snow boots. If not for that we’d rate it easy. There is maybe 50ft in elevation changes through the length of the hike and it is not long at all- though we went in and out on the same trail after we reached the ice falls. The map screen shot is where we parked and then (as another review said) found the red wooden sign and followed those along the path to...

Back Bay Falls are AMAZING and definitely worth a short hike to. And in the winter it is frozen over and is known as the Ice Caves and it is absolutely incredible and has to be seen! Just be careful in the winter because the small hike is quite slippy (I had spikes on my snow boots and used two sturdy sticks fallen from some trees - hiking poles don’t grip on the ice, so nature’s sticks are better!). And also note that in the winter you can take the shortcut of walking across the...