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This virtually flat trail traces the Slocan Lake shore through the village of New Denver and then out of town to an abandoned mine on the water. Return the same way or make a loop back to New Denver using … Continue reading →

Slocan Lake is a beautiful 40 km long lake cradled in the mountains. In the boom days of the 1890s when the Silvery Slocan was the most famous mining region in BC, its eastern shore and surrounding mountains had a … Continue reading →

HISTORY Although it was the Blue Bell, the Silver King and the mines of Hot Springs Camp (Ainsworth) that lured prospectors and promoters to West Kootenay in the 1880s, it was the Slocan country between Kootenay and Slocan Lakes that … Continue reading →

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. The hot springs originate around the Cody Caves above and to the east of Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. The water works its way down through fractures in the rock, increasing in temperature at a rate of … Continue reading →

By Shannon Harrison, KootRocks  Ainsworth Hot Springs. The hot springs originate around the Cody Caves above and to the east of Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. The water works its way down through fractures in the rock, increasing in temperature at a rate … Continue reading →

BEST THINGS to DO in the KOOTENAYS ODD THINGS to SEE in the WEST KOOTENAY WINTER TOURISM 

Slocan Valley is a valley in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The valley is home to the villages of Slocan City, New Denver, and Silverton, as well as the unincorporated communities of Crescent Valley, Slocan Park, Passmore, Vallican, Winlaw, Appledale, Perry Siding, Lemon Creek, Rosebury, and Hills. … Continue reading →

By Gina Begin – Kootenay Rockies.com Here are the “things to do & see” in the Kootenays. Birthplace of Heli & Cat Skiing The birth of heli-skiing took place in 1965 by Hans Gmoser, Canadian Mountain Holidays(CMH) in our Purcell mountains.  … Continue reading →

Fetch /feCH/ – the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water. Warning: These are all large lakes lying in narrow mountain valleys. Slocan Lake, at about 40 km, is the smallest and Kootenay Lake, at 115 km long does … Continue reading →

Pend Oreille Canyon (spelt Pend d’Oreille in Canada) is a 209 km river that flows through north Idaho, into NE Washington and then crosses into Canada for several kilometres before joining the Columbia River just above the US/Canada border. After … Continue reading →