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Carefully regulated hunting
A floatplane docked on expeditions for bear, elk, HIDDEN GEM
Mt Revelstoke
the glassy surface of and mountain goat are National Park
Muncho Lake permitted here.
From the nearby town of Open only during the
Invermere, one of the most snow-free summer
marinas and watersport rental difficult trails in Canada can months, the subalpine
companies. The lakes have be accessed; the Earl Grey Pass top of this national park
over 620 miles (1,000 km) of Trail extends some 39 miles offers incredible pano-
shoreline to explore. From a (63 km) over the Purcell ramic vistas of the
boat it is possible to view the Mountains. It is named after Monashee Mountains
inlets and forested landscape Earl Grey, Canada’s Governor and the Selkirk range.
of Lake Shuswap, where black General from 1904 to 1911,
bears, deer, moose, coyotes, who chose the Purcell range
and bob cats have all been as the place to build a provincial parks (starting
spotted along the shore. vacation cabin for his family with Mount Revelstoke,
In summer, visitors and locals in 1909. The trail he traveled Glacier, and Yoho national
flock to the good public beach followed an established parks). Revelstoke capitalizes
located on the lake. route used by the Kinbasket on such scenery with its
peoples of the Shuswap First own ski resort: Revelstoke
Nations, but it is notoriously Mountain Resort, which has
17 dangerous today; bears, the longest vertical descent
of any ski resort in North
avalanches, and fallen trees
Purcell Mountains are often hazards en route, America, at 5,620 ft (1,713 m).
and the hike should not be Revelstoke is also home to
£ Kamloops n 500 10th
Ave N/Hwy 95, Golden; attempted by a novice. four heli-skiing and two cat-
(250) 344 7125 skiing operations, due to the
excellent winter condi tions in
The ruggedly beautiful Purcell 18 the area. In summer, rock-
Mountains face the Rockies climbing, hiking, biking, and
across the broad Columbia Revelstoke watersports take over.
River Valley. This is one of the n 301 Victoria Rd West; Back in town, the Revelstoke
most remote regions in the www.seerevelstoke.com Railway Museum and the
Rockies and attracts hunters Revelstoke Museum and
and skiers from across the The mountain community of Archives provide information
globe. A range of granite Revelstoke sits at the entrance on the town’s early Canadian
spires, called the Bugaboos, to some of BC’s most stunning Pacific Railway history.
also draws moun tain climbers.
In one of the few accessible
areas in the north, the Purcell
Wilderness Conservancy covers
a vast 8 sq miles (21 sq km).

Sun rising through
the mist in the remote
Purcell Mountains
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