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ROAD ACCESS – Western Purcells DUNCAN FSR Howser Creek FSR Δ Western Pucells & Four Squatters ΔJ Four Squatters Echo Creek Glacier Creek FSR Peaks Between Glacier & Hamill Cks ΔK Emperor Pk & Archduke Mt Δ MacBeth Group MacBeth Icefield Trail … Continue reading →

SOUTH PURCELLS – Access West Road Access Western Purcells DUNCAN FSR Howser Creek FSR ◊ Western Pucells & Four Squatters ◊J Four Squatters Glacier Creek FSR Peaks Between Glacier & Hamill Cks ◊K Emperor Pk & Archduke Mt ◊ MacBeth Group … Continue reading →

SOUTH PURCELLS – Access from east – Rocky Mountain Trench Road Access from the East Bugaboo Creek FSR Bugaboo Provincial Park Conrad Kain Hut Trail  Cobalt Lake Trail Cobalt Lake – Conrad Kain Loop Route/Trail Between Bugaboo & Horsethief Creek … Continue reading →

SOUTH PURCELLS – Access from east – Rocky Mountain Trench Road Access from the East Bugaboo Creek FSR Bugaboo Provincial Park Conrad Kain Hut Trail  Cobalt Lake Trail Cobalt Lake – Conrad Kain Loop Route/Trail Between Bugaboo & Horsethief Creek … Continue reading →

Quartz Ck FSR Dogtooth Group Δ N Dogtooth Group Peaks head of Lang & Gorman Cks Δ Dogtooth Ridge Δ Dawn Mt & UN 2700 Δ Moonraker Pk & UN 2760 Δ Copperstain Mt & Surrounding Pks Δ North Fork Survey Station Spillimacheen FSR – McMurdo … Continue reading →

The Purcell Range is shaped somewhat like a wedge that is bordered on the east by the north-northwest trend of the Rocky Mountain Trench (Columbia and upper Kootenay Rivers) and the nearly north to south trend of the Purcell Trench … Continue reading →

ROAD ACCESS – West  FROM KASLO: Zero odometer at junctions of Hwys 31A and 31N just west of and uphill from downtown. 0.0 Start north on Hwy 31N toward Lardeau and Duncan Lake. 28.4km Village of Lardeau. 34.5km Turn right … Continue reading →

PURCELLS FROM EAST KOOTENAYS SPILLIMACHEEN NORTH FSR: turn left onto signed Parsons River Crossing at Parsons, 67 km. north of Radium Hot Springs; driven to McMurdo Creek junction at km. 55.6 in 08/09; good quality 2WD all the way McMurdo … Continue reading →

CLUTE LAKE TRAIL Accessed by boat just south of Verandah Point, this trail departs from the back of Campbell Bay (Campbell Bay Provincial Park, part of Kootenay Lake Provincial Park) on the roadless northeast side of Kootenay Lake. The moderate … Continue reading →

The WK is home to two large river systems, the Columbia and the Kootenay and the lakes that form in their steep river valleys are large and great places to kayak. Both rivers start in the Rocky Mountain trench between … Continue reading →