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K Assiniboine Centre. Turn LEFT off Hwy. 1 and RIGHT into the oo te na Visitor Centre parking lot. To Revelstoke y Entrance Golden, BC R. National 78 -REST STOP @ access road to 1 to Golden Campground on the RIGHT. It is just after the bridge Sign N Hector crossing the . 95 Prov. Park Kootenay Gorge 80 -Access road to Wapta Falls. Trail head is 1.6 km off the road on the left. Trail is 2.4 km. IGA Crossing 1 0 82 -a forested picnic area beside the road on the left. A v Dolly Varden e t. N . To 85 -Boundary of Yoho National Park. N 1 Brisco Picnic Area 6 S Field Mary's 88.5 -Begin a fast descent to a bridge over the Kicking Horse. Motel C 92 -1st bridge crossing. End of a 3 km downhill. Road rolls up o 93 r lu K Rive Golden 7-Eleven icki orse m and down for next 8 km. ng H b Park Store Campground ia 95 R 100 -2nd bridge, Steep uphill starts. CAUTION! Narrow Road. iv e 101 -Road levels. If you cross the r river, you’ve 105 -Entering Canyon. Caution, downhill section on a narrow gone to far. Edgewater Viewpoint winding road (It can be windy too!). Sinclair 108 -At the Entrance to Golden sign, (junction with Hwy. 1 & Pass 4880 ft Hwy. 95) turn LEFT and cross the overpass. Then around

C Radium o the spiral ramp and Hwy. 95 becomes 10 Ave. N. Turn lu m b 95 RIGHT at 6 St. (1 blk before the 7-Eleven) and go 2 blocks ia R iv to the end of the road. (See insert map of Golden) e r To Radium 109 -Mary's Motel, Golden. 8th Ave. N. ph. (250) 344-7111 4400 Day 2 Sunday, Golden to Radium 4000 3600 Brisco Radium Golden Rest 3200 Harrogate 2592 ft Area Kicking Horse 2800 Edgewater Pass 5340 ft 2400 Parson Spillimacheen Elev. Emerald L. Banff 1 Lake (ft) 1a 1 Louise National 0 km -Leaving Golden. Ride 2 blocks back to the main road (10th Yoho B L. Louise o Avenue N / Hwy 95). Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 95 and cross w Field V a the bridge over the Kicking Horse River. Follow the road ll Park 1 e y past the traffic light through town. Start B . L. O'Hara o R w 1a 2 -Edge of town. Mary’s Motel, Pa Castle rk Golden e R 24 -REST STOP on RIGHT @ Columbia Valley Lodge

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K Kootenay Park Marble run into Kootenay Valley. There is a 3.4 km downhill to Rest Stop Canyon Vermillion Wardens the rest stop. (There are no restrooms at the official rest Station stop). Co 93 lu Shadow L. 17.0 -REST STOP @ Viewpoint for the Kootenay Valley. The m bi a Ri Rest Area Numa Mitchell Range is the long ridge across the valley. ve Cr. r V 24.6 - Picnic Area. End of downhill. Numa e Sp rm Mtn. illi il 28.1 -McLeod Meadows Picnic Area on the right. ma Parson io ch n Lunch Stop ee R 37.2 -REST STOP @ Dolly Varden Picnic Area on the n R Floe L. . Vermillion . Crossing RIGHT. Mt. 44.3 -Kootenay River Crossing Warden Station on LEFT. 95 Mt. Verendrye Washrooms. Climb for the next 3 km in 2 steps. K Assiniboine oo Harrogate te 48.3 -Top of climb @ Hector Gorge viewpoint on the Right. na Burn y 64.6 -LUNCH STOP @ Vermilion River Crossing at the s Cr R. National . picnic tables by the store and lodge on the RIGHT. Spillimacheen 81.1 -Numa Creek Picnic Area. Washrooms. Radium, BC N Hector From Gorge Prov. Park 85.8 -Paint Pots nature trail on the left. Golden Kootenay Crossing 88.5 -REST STOP @ the Vermilion Warden Station on the Mt. Daer RIGHT just before Marble Canyon. The main pre- 4 way Rest Stop descent to the begins around the next 95 Canyon Brisco Dolly Varden Stop Campground corner. Picnic Area Mt Mt. Harkin 95.3 -Alberta/BC border (1651 m/5416 ft). Unfortunately, the C Crook o 93 lu road needs to climb another 300 ft. From here. To m M 93 b Park ia 95 98.5 -Boom Lake trailhead and picnic area. a Castle i R Mt. n

iv S Junction Kindersley 99.5 -Top of Vermilion Pass (1762 m/5780 ft). There is a view- Bighorn t e . r Motel N Redstreak point here, on the right, across from the Campground Radium Edgewater Rest Stop @ Lodge where you can see the Vermilion Pass burn. A fire Hot Springs Viewpoint St. Mary's St. Sinclair started in July, 1968. Check your brakes for the 7 km Park Pass 4880 ft Storm Mountain downhill! Inn Park Dr. W Start, Note!! Castle Junction requires the LEFT lane at the bottom of Radium Redstreak Stanley St. Mtn. the hill. 95 Ride across the Hwy 1 overpass and the bridge. To 106.5 -THE Finish at Castle Junction. Invermere