The Golden Ears Canyon Loop is basically two fun hikes either side of Gold Creek Canyon, linked together by a bridge, so you can walk in a loop around Golden Ears Provincial Park. This Provincial Park is a gooorgeous area to travel to and explore just over an hour away from Vancouver. If you are an experienced hiker with loads of energy, you can hike up Golden Ears (the mountain the park is named after…) But if you’d prefer to…
The walk up to Gibraltar Rock is a great little hike near Kamloops, (in BC, Canada) which will reward you with fantastic views of Paul Lake. Paul Lake Provincial Park is a pretty place to visit, less than 30 minutes drive from Kamloops. We treated this as a stop-off to eat lunch and stretch our legs on the drive from Revelstoke to Vancouver. I think this hike would be looovely on a hot day, as you could go for a…
Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk is a short (and super easy) walk that is a great place to stretch your legs between Revelstoke and Banff. The trail is located on the edge of Mount Revelstoke National Park, right next to the Trans Canada Highway (Highway 1.) We spotted the turn off to this walk at the end of the day, just before we reached Revelstoke, so we returned the following morning to take a peek, before continuing on our drive to Vancouver….
The Giant Cedars Boardwalk Trail is right by the main road from Revelstoke to Banff. It would be easy to drive straight past (we did the first two times!) But if you stop to stretch your legs, you get to visit an amazing grove of giant old-growth cedar trees. The surrounding mountains draw in precipitation to this area, so the rainforest is like the soggy woodlands near Vancouver or Vancouver island. It is basically paradise for western red cedar trees,…