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Hiking Yoho NP – Mount Stephen

On August 27, 2019May 26, 2025 By GeoKsIn Yoho NP5 Comments

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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Hiking Kootenay National Park – Stanley Glacier

On July 6, 2014January 2, 2017 By GeoKsIn Hiking, Kootenay NP15 Comments

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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