Nonetheless, the gorge geology and being able to walk in what would otherwise be inaccessible terrain was what made this excursion stand out (indeed, it's more than just waterfalls). The walkway itself was well-manicured (i.e. mostly paved, flat, or on catwalks) so it's fairly straightforward to enjoy and take photos without some of the other worries and precautions necessary when on a more conventional trail. Moreover, we could also attest to the claim that this walk is a good bad-weather excursion.

In terms of walking distances, it's about 0.5 miles one-way to get to the Lower Waterfall and 1.5 miles one-way to get to the Upper Waterfall.

The walk to the Lower Waterfall is mostly flat with a slight uphill grade though it's not very noticeable in the grand scheme of things. So we noticed most of the people at least walk to this waterfall before turning back.

Once at the Lower Waterfall, there's a bridge crossing over the stream providing not only frontal views of this attractive waterfall, but also providing access to a tunnel where its other end yielded an in-your-face look at the main plunge of that waterfall.

Beyond this, the trail climbs. On one of the switchbacks, I was able to get a nice view of both the Lower Waterfall and the bridge (see photo at the top of this page). Once beyond the top of this waterfall, the trail continues to ascend some more in a well-forested path.

It was during this stretch that I was able to see a handful more waterfalls. I think one of them was supposed to be Stella Falls, which was the only one I noticed with an official name thanks to a sign with a drawing of it along the trail.

After about a mile beyond the Lower Waterfall and some additional uphill walking, the trail reached a fork where going left would've continued ascending towards the top of the Upper Waterfall while going right led onto a catwalk with a more frontal view of the Upper Waterfall flanked by a colorful algae wall. I took the path on the right and ultimately didn't bother going left though I am still curious to see what the view would've been like from the top of the Upper Waterfall.

In any case, the dead-end at the end of the catwalk between the Upper Waterfall and algae wall was my turnaround point.

Alternatively if we had come from Banff, we could drive north on Hwy 1 from town to the Hwy 1A/Hwy 93 exit a little over 20 minutes away. Then turn right and follow the directions as above towards Johnston Canyon car park.