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Difficulty: Elevation gain: Key elevations: Distance: Time: Season: Access: Map: Drive: From the Galena Bay (east) side of the Upper Arrow Lake Ferry, drive two kilometres south on Highway 23 and turn left onto Highway 31. At the T-junction beyond the … Continue reading →

The Badshots are limited by the Duncan River on the northeast, and the trench occupied by Trout Lake and the Lardeau River to the southwest. The Westfall River bounds much of the area on the north, and the group is … Continue reading →

Goat Range. Boundaries are Kuskanax and Poplar Creeks on the north, Seaton Creek and Kaslo River on the south, the Slocan Valley on the west and Lardeau Creek and Kootenay Lake on the east. Maps: 82K/3 Roseberry, 82K/6 Poplar Creek, 82K/2 … Continue reading →

GOAT RANGE GOAT RANGE PROVINCIAL PARK ◊ UN (Deception) 2660m, UN (Bosworth) 2700m ◊ Triple Peaks, Mt Emmens ◊ Cascade Mt ◊ Mt Marion ◊ Mt Cooper & UN 2640 NAKUSP & AREA Hotsprings Road Hot Springs (Kuskanax Creek) Trail … Continue reading →

LARDEAU RANGE ◊ Trout Mt ◊ Mt Wilkie, UN 2610m, UN 2730m ◊ Gallo Peak ◊ Clark Peak  ◊ Tenderfoot Mountain, UN 2820m ◊ Binocular Peak, Spyglass Mt, Magnifier Mt

TROUT LAKE, LARDEAU & AROUND Silver Cup Ridge Trail ◊ Triune Mt & UN2700 ◊ Fays Peak ◊ Meadow Mountain Davis Creek Trail Hall Creek Trail John Fenger Memorial Trail

The geology of the region is certainly as complicated as the terrain. For several decades it has been a domain of research geologists, and a full discussion is inappropriate here. However, some points are of general interest. The Badshot Group … Continue reading →

MAN IN THE KOOTENAYS This is a story of man in a challenging environment. These rugged, densely forested mountains with their heavy winter snowfalls posed a colossal obstacle to man’s civilizing activities. Only their mineral wealth and imposing beauty could … Continue reading →

Cody Caves is a unique provincial park above Ainsworth Hot Springs. An underground stream flows for over a kilometre through ancient limestone. The 63-hectare park was established in July 1966. Bring your own water as potable water is not available … Continue reading →

FAYS PEAK   2817m   9242′ Located near the center of Silvercup Ridge, above Trout Lake. It was certainly first climbed by prospectors. Map 82K/11 Trout Lake. Drive: (see all approaches to Silver Cup Ridge on that post) From Gerrard, drive up the … Continue reading →