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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 →

INLAND TEMPERATE ANCIENT RAINFOREST Inland temperate rainforest (ITR) exists nowhere else in the world outside of the central and northern interior Wet Belt of British Columbia. It is the only rainforest in the world where a major part of the … Continue reading →

COMAPLIX MOUNTAIN TRAIL    2438m   (8000′) North of Galena Bay on Hwy 31 to Beaton and northeast up the Incomeppleux River. Drive: Left is Hwy 23 that goes down to the ferry to cross Upper Arrow Lakes to Shelter Bay. Continue right … Continue reading →

GUIDE TO SUPERSCRIPTS Any post with a delta Δ symbol + superscript, for example, ΔM Mt Begbie , indicates the presence of an article from the KMC Newsletter or Karabiner. The letter indicates the author: K – Kim Kratky B … Continue reading →

THE USE of HIKING STICKS in the MOUNTAINS Many hikers, mountaineers and climbers use telescopic sticks because they may aid in walking up/downhill and may also ease the strain on the spine and the lower extremity joints, particularly the knees. … Continue reading →