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HIKING TRAIL LOCATIONS First-Time Or Novice Hikers Can Easily Access the Subalpine Backcountry from the Meadows in the Sky Parkway GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 1 HEMLOCK GROVE 10 BOSTOCK CREEK The hiking trails in Glacier National Park will lead you to stunning ridges and viewpoints that will make the climbs worthwhile. The Columbia 350 m loop • 15 min 15.6 km return • 7 hrs Mountains are steep and the valleys are narrow, allowing for only a few easy hikes and a good number of difficult ones. Use the trail chart to the Interpretive boardwalk through Moderate hike through the interior rainforest and old-growth cedar & hemlock forest. into the subalpine. Award Winning 4 hr BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA right of this map to choose a hike suitable for everyone in your party. For more detailed route information and trail descriptions, consult 26 km Rafting Trip Parks Canada. Runs Twice Daily 2 ROCK GARDEN 11 AVALANCHE CREST 2019 Please note: All persons entering Glacier National Park require a park pass. 428 m loop • 30 min 8.2 km return • 5 hrs Interpretive trail with rock staircases and Legend Steep trail into an alpine basin. To stepping stones. Hiking Trail Golden 12 Sorcerer Glacier Trans Canada Highway BALU PASS Heather Illecillewaet Mountain apexrafting.com 250-837-6376 HIKING Mount Railroad 3 Campground McNic II LOOP BROOK TRAIL 12.8 km return • 4 hrs Park Boundary P A.O. Wheeler Hut 1.7 km return • 45 min Trail through avalanche paths into alpine PRAIRIE Campsite Parking for 5 Interpretive trail on old rail grade highlighting Backcountry Campsite meadows. Illecillewaet Mystic Nordic Mountain Valley Trails Mountain Hut railway history. 2643 m HILLS 15/30 Amp Sites Rogers Pass Discovery Centre 13 ASULKAN VALLEY Mini Putt 4 Glacier MEETING OF THE WATERS 13.8 km return • 6 hrs Coin Laundry House 11 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Ruins 1.3 km loop • 30 min Glacier views, mountain scenery, Showers Marion 4 Lake Mount Playground 8 Shaugnessy Forest walk past the confluence of Asulkan Brook and waterfalls. 2754 m Hermit Glacier Hermit Boat Rentals Mountain 3044 m and Illecillewaet River. Mount3086 Rogers m 9 Swiss Glacier 7 Lower 14 15 Mount Rogers Tupper Beaver HERMIT 17 Carson Glacier Glacier Valley 1817 WILLIAMSON LAKE RD 250-837-8806 18 Mount Mount 13 Tupper Trail 5 [email protected] Sifton 1885 6.4 km return • 4 hrs 2897 m 2727 m 16 WWW.WILLIAMSONLAKECAMPGROUND.CA Grizzly 14 7.2 km return • 2 hrs Steep trail to alpine meadows, there is a Mountain 2734 m Ursus Minor Mountain Mount Interpretive trail along the original Canadian designated campsite up top. 2738 m MacDonald 2869 m Moonraker Ursus Major Avalanche Peak Mountain 12 Crest Avalanche Pacific rail-grade. Wolverine Ridge 2830 m 6 2676 m Closed6 Mountain Bagheera 2831 m 15 Balu Pass Mountain Cheops Avalanche Glacier SIR DONALD 2755 m Avalanche FarmBostock Pass Pass Mountain Eagle Uto Copperstain Avalanche Crest Mount McGill 2555 m Peak Peak Eagle Glacier Mountain 6 Mountain 11 2871 m 2595 m Cheops Avalanche McGill Pass2656 m 2838 m BALD ABANDONED RAILS 10.2 km return • 5 hrs 2831 m Mountain Glacier Uto Glacier Mount 2555 m Cougar 5 Sir DonaldSir Donald 2.8 km return • 1 hr Built as a mountaineering route, Certificate of Excellence Mountain 4 3247 m Napoleon 2358 m 8 15 Glacier Hiking Trails Illecillewaet Névé Spur Glacier Crest Terminal Perley HILLS 11 Eagle 2 3 9 Peak Interpretive trail along the original Canadian this is a rigorous hike. Peak Eagle Glacier 1 Hemlock Grove Christiana Ridge 18 17 Rock Dry room for equipment 10 1 Ross 2612 m 2838 m Uto Peak 19 2319 m Mount Mount 16 Illecillewaet Pacific rail-grade. Illecillewaet Peak 2 Rock Garden Afton Upper Convenient downtown location Abbott 13 Lookout Glacier Beaver Campground 2871 m Uto Glacier Mount 2540 m 2463 Loop Mountain Valley 16 3 Green 2479 m Close to all local hiking trails P 2683 m Trail Bald GLACIER CREST 5 Mountain 4 Meeting of the Waters Bonney Glacier Asulkan Glacier 7 A.O.Wheeler Hut Mount To Revelstoke Wilderness Aquatic Centre Passes Asulkan BEAR CREEK FALLS Parking for Lily Glacier Illecillewaet Névé Hiking Route 11.4 km return • 6 hrs Sir Donald Mount Mount Jupiter Pass 5 1885 Mount Youngs Free Breakfast (with waffles!) Illecillewaet 8 3247 m Swanzy 2734 m 20 4 Bonney NBonneyévé 2889 m Peak 1 km return • 1 hr Sir Donald Valley Trails Vaux 6 Abandoned Rails (Closed) 3080 m 2802 m Steep trail onto a ridge providing a panoramic 15 Mount Swanzy Glacier Common Kitchen Campground Glacier Smart Terminal Clark Geikie Glacier Loop Brook 3 7 Bear Creek Falls 2854 m Glacier Mount Short and steep trail down to the falls. 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Free WIFI Campground IllecillewaetPeak Névé Macoun view of rock and ice. 18 9 The Witch 3013 m 8 Marion Lake Tower Caribou Glacier Crest 17 Perley Connector cubehotel.ca 250.837.4086 Rock Glacier Trail 9 Great Glacier Mount Circle 8 2612 m Fox MARION LAKE 17 3157 m Cabin PERLEY ROCK Slick Mount Fox Glacier Ross 10 Bostock Creek Dawson Deville Flat Creek Pass Mountain Oliver Glacier Peak 2498 m 2526 m Donkin Glacier Mount 4.4 km return • 2.5 hrs 2319 m 16 11 Avalanche Crest Glacier Mount Mount Topham 10.8 km return • 6 hrs Mount Selwyn 2863 m Illecillewaet Glacier Fortitude Michel Dawson Mount Donkin 3215 m 3304 m Steep forested hike along the first leg of the 13 12 Balu Pass Mountain 2918 m Peak Steep hike ending at a viewpoint overlooking the Mount Abbott Caribou Donkin The Bishops Glacier Peak Afton 2463 m Lookout 13 Asulkan Valley Pass Deville 2582 m Abbott Ridge Trail. 2540 m Mountain THE BISHOPS RANGE Illecillewaet Icefield. 2479 m 14 Hermit Patience Mountain Névé 15 Sir Donald Black Glacier Mount Beaver Overlook 9 Purity Glacier Wheeler GREAT GLACIER 18 3322 m ABBOTT RIDGE 16 Glacier Crest Mount Purity Pass Odin Kilpatrick 6.4 km return • 3.5 hrs 17 Perley Rock Tomatin Glacier 13.6 km return • 6.5 hrs Asulkan Glacier Peak Purity Lily 18 Abbott Ridge Virtue 2864 m Mountain Thor Glacier Trail up to the sloping bedrock below the Bonney Glacier Mountain Grand Trail up to alpine tundra that ends on a narrow Glacier Asulkan Hope Mount Faith McBean Findhorn Mountain Hut 19 Beaver Valley Peak Peak Van Horne Sapphire Col Hut 2877 m Peak Glacier Grand Glacier Illecillewaet Glacier. Mount Mount Mount 2850 m 2733 m ridge. Bonney Swanzy Jupiter 20 Bald Hills Charity 3080 m 2889 m 2734 m Peak 2926 m C Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada Sugarloaf Van Horne Névé Mountain Catalogue No: R64-381/1-2010E Easy Moderate Difficult Kilometres 3207 m ISBN: 978-1-100-15261-5 0 5 10 20 Duncan Névé 19 20 BEAVER VALLEY & BALD HILLS: Multi-day hikes. SeeRevelstoke.com @SeeRevelstoke #THEREALSTOKE Check Parks Canada’s website for more info on these trails. Glacier Verena 2017.indd 4-5 17/05/2018 9:53:01 AM MOUNT REVELSTOKE NATIONAL PARK HIKING TRAIL LOCATIONS First-time or novice hikers can easily access the subalpine backcountry from the Meadows in the Sky Parkway. For many visitors, Mount Revelstoke offers the first chance to experience the summit of a mountain, and saunter through bursting orange wildflowers in the meadows at the top. In the valleys far below, trails introduce Easy Moderate Difficult visitors to Beaver Lodge Kids Bike Park, the Nels Nelson exhibit and the world’s only inland temperate rainforest. Keystone Standard Basin Please note: All persons entering Mount Revelstoke National Park require a park pass. 1 8 16 Easy Moderate Difficult Trail to Eva Lake, GIANT CEDARS MOUNT REVELSTOKE FIRE LOOKOUT Miller Lake and Easy Moderate Difficult TrailJade to EvaLakes Lake, Mount Revelstoke Summit Area Miller Lake and19 20 21 0.5 km loop • 15 min 1.3 km one-way • 30 min 0.5 km one-way • 30 min Jade Lakes Mount Revelstoke Summit Area 19 20 21 23 Boardwalk through old growth Multi-use (hike/bike) trail Trail to historic Summit Fire Koo Koo 23 Hiking Trails TrailSint to EvaTrail Lake, Mount Revelstoke National Park Easy Moderate Difficult Koo Koo GlacierHiking NP Trails Miller Lake and forest, 29 km east on Hwy #1. connecting the ski jump to the lookout, spectacular 360 degree 0 100 200 400 Sint Trail Mount Revelstoke National Park Jade Lakes 1 Giant Cedars Metres 17 19 20 21 Mount0 Revelstoke100 200 Summit400 Area 1 Giant Cedars Metres 17 Railway Museum. views. Skunk Cabbage 23 2 North Parapet Koo Koo 18 Heather Lake HikingSkunk Trails Cabbage North ParapetSint Trail Mount Revelstoke National Park 2 18 Heather Lake 9 17 HISTORIC REVELSTOKE CHURCH CONVERTED TO HYBRID-GUESTHOUSE Inspiration Woods 0 100 200 400 2 SKUNK CABBAGE 23 CONNECTOR 3 1 Giant Cedars Metres 17 19 KOO KOO SINT 3 Inspiration Woods 19 Mt. Revelstoke NP Soren Sorenson 2 km South Parapet Mount St. Cyr 1.2 km loop • 30 min 2.2 km one-way • 30 min 4 2 Skunk Cabbage North ParapetSouth Parapet Mount St. Cyr 0.7 km one-way • 30 min 4 Soren Sorenson 2 km 1618 Heather Lake First Historic Fire Lookout 16 FootstepsFirst Boardwalk through mountain Multi-use (hike/bike) trail 5 Soren3 Inspiration Sorenson Woods 5 km Historic Fire1933 Lookout m 19 FootstepsTrail Learn about David Thompson Soren Sorenson 5 km Trail Mount Woolsey Glacier 5 1933 m Shuttle Woolsey Glacier Moses Falls South Parapet MountMount St. Cyr Dickey connecting the parkway to Hwy 23 Soren Sorenson 2 km Shuttle Clachnacudainn Icefield wetland, 27 km east on Hwy #1. Nels’4 Knickers 16 First Dickey Mount and the Columbia River.
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