Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park

Canadians have a foreign approach to wilderness. They often keep popular trail destinations wild by developing infrastructure in the backcountry.

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Sat., Aug. 6, 2016

Hikers traverse a Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park snowfield above Sapphire Lakes, which were partially covered with ice in late July 2016.

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The Kokanee Glacier Cabin is a million dollar low impact year-round sanctuary for up to 20 visitors maintained in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park by the Alpine Club of Canada.

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Bob Riggs, left, and John Janzen hike past the historic Slocan Chief Cabin in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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Generations mix for morning coffee on the deck of the Kokanee Cabin in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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An enclosed eating shelter is a big improvement in 2016 for relief from weather and mosquitoes as the Kaslo Lake backpackers campground in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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While grizzlies and mountain goats roam Kokanee Glacier area, ground squirrels and marmots are much more common.

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Bob Riggs climbs The Keyhole route to the edge of Kokanee Glacier in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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Hikers do a tandem sitting glissade down the snowfield along The Battleship and the edge of Kokanee Glacier.

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Scott Brenden and Kate Janzen lead a group of hikers off the snowfield along The Battleship rock formation and the edge of Kokanee Glacier in Kokanee Glacier National Park.

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Western Pasqueflower, showing here going to seed and drenched like towheads in the shower, is a signature plant for the alpine country of Kokanee Glacier National Park.

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A hoary marmot that's been feasting on the first greenery of spring/summer romps up the trail at still-frozen Kokanee Lake to great the first Selkirk Mountains visitors of the hiking season in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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Day hikers pass the Keen Lake area of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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Day hikers pass through the meadow toward Kokanee Lake Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

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