Monthly Archives: August 2020

Summit Creek is a flat trail along a pleasant mountain stream. It completes the Balancing Rock / Fern Forest Trail / Summit Creek Loop. Location: West of Creston on Highway 3. Difficulty: Easy A1 Elevation Gain: +50m Distance: 4.6km Time: … Continue reading →

Ka Papa Cedars is a lovely remnant grove of old-growth trees on the east side of Kootenay Pass.  Location: Off Highway 3, it is 8.1 km on the east side of Kootenay Pass and 35 km west of Creston. Difficulty: … Continue reading →

The Fern Forest Trail is a ‘trail in the middle’ which may be accessed from either the Balancing Rock Trail or the Summit Creek Trail. It is an ‘out and back’ trail unless you leave one vehicle at the Summit … Continue reading →

Balancing Rock is the Creston Valley’s most popular hiking trail. Access and parking are easy. Has expansive views of the Creston Valley to the east. Great sunrise location. Location: West of Creston just off Highway 3. Ascends the slopes west … Continue reading →

A short loop trail that navigates around this small, shallow, high-altitude lake. Whether a summer hike or a winter snowshoe, it is a family friendly outing. Location: Bridal Lake is the lovely lake at the summit of Kootenay Pass Difficulty: … Continue reading →

A glacial erratic is glacially-deposited rock differing from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests. “Erratics” take their name from the Latin word errare (to wander), and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics … Continue reading →

Access to this great ridge hike is from Highway 3 at Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston. The elevation of the pass is 1775m (5823’), the highest point of Highway 3. Part of the 1133-hectare Stagleap Provincial Park, the pass … Continue reading →

Access for this great ridge hike is from Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston. At an elevation of 1775m (5823’), it is the highest point of Highway 3 and the highest road pass in Canada. Part of the 1133 hectare … Continue reading →

DEER PARK MOUNTAIN 3850’ This is a lovely short climb with great views down to Arrow Lakes and the communities along the lake – Renata, Deer Park, and Brooklyn. The east face of this mountain is a dramatic vertical cliff. … Continue reading →

By far the most fun waterfall near Castlegar is the one at Cayuse Creek, because not only is it pretty to look at, it’s also a lot of fun to slide down. The four-metre-high waterfalls cascades over perfectly smooth rock … Continue reading →