Silverton Falls in Banff National Park is a nice easy to do hike through a rocky mountain forest. It's only 0.9km to the waterfall viewpoint, making it a short, less than 2km round trip. Silverton Falls hike starts out at the Rockbound Lake Trail parking lot on HWY 1A just west of the Banff townsite. You will find pit vault toilets available at the trailhead.

The trail comes to a fork at about 0.3km into the hike, stay to the right for Silverton Falls. After the trail forks off, it becomes a more narrow, rocky and root covered. You'll find a few switchbacks leading up to the falls, this is where most of the elevation gain happens. The trail eventually becomes very narrow as it crosses a wide open mountain side. If you have little ones with you, be extra careful here. If you're afraid of h/eights, this may send you back and make you rethink this hike. Once past that part, the trail widens again to lead up to Silverton Falls viewing area. The viewing area is quite small, located on some rocks in front of the waterfall. There are no official viewpoints built and no guardrails here. The terrain is quite steep all around, but that makes for beautiful unobstructed views of the stunning mountains around, and the gorgeous waterfall.