RVing with the larches this fall

If you’re a fan of autumn foliage and have yet to enjoy the beauty of larches in the fall, it’s time to plan an RV road trip to see them. Larches look like any other evergreen in spring and summer, then turn golden yellow and lose their needles — which makes for a remarkable contrast against the conifers around them.

Kootenay National Park, BC

Floe Lake is a seven-hour hike and you are rewarded with a gorgeous view and plenty of larches beyond the shores of the alpine lake. Several park campgrounds stay open until mid-October.

Lake O’Hara, Yoho National Park, BC

Reservations are required to get in. The campgrounds run until mid-October, and the area gives you beautiful valleys, jewel-blue lakes and breathtaking views.

Banff National Park, Alberta

The Larch Valley hike has stunning fall foliage, with the yellow larches contrasting with the evergreens and turquoise waters, leading to a unique larch forest high above Moraine Lake. Twin Lakes and Arnica Lake give you larches with fewer people. Tunnel Mountain Village II is open year-round.

Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Larches grow in abundance here and add a great deal to the Cabot Trail through Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The campgrounds put you near the hiking — the Skyline Trail among them — plus waterfalls, wildlife and beaches, and they run until October 28.