The shortest and steepest of Parks Canada's three guided hikes in the Burgess Shale fossil beds, Mount Stephen is a trilobite lover's dream! And the views are terrific, too.
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Kootenay National Park – Marble Canyon
Our primary motivation in dragging unenthusiastic K to Marble Canyon after spending most of a day exploring for Burgess Shale fossils near Stanley Glacier was to collect the information needed to log the Marble Canyon earthcache. During our 30 minute walk along the Marble Canyon interpretive trail, we quickly realized that this stop holds broad …
Hiking Kootenay National Park – Stanley Glacier
Parks Canada added a third option to its menu of Burgess Shale guided hikes this summer. We did their Wolcott Quarry hike back in 2009. Five years later, we joined the second (ever) offering of the new guided hike to the Stanley Glacier. It's an easy 10 km hike with lots of appeal: fire, ice, …
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Hiking Yoho National Park – Burgess Shale Walcott Quarry
We did this hike back in 2009, when K was just 9 years old. At 23.9 km (return) it's the longest day hike any of us have ever done (except for Mr. GeoK's 26 km (return) hike to Junction Fire Lookout in July 2008). Over the next few weeks, in anticipation of the summer 2014 hiking season, …
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