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[eopederson]

Autumn Snow in the Purcells, British Columbia, 2019.

[fieldandforest]

LAKE OF THE HANGING GLACIER

Crashing milky waterfalls, lush flower-fringed forests, a powder-blue lake framed by ice-stacked mountains... Lake of the Hanging Glacier is a hike worthy of anyone's "Best of" list. Deep in the Purcell Mountains west of Radium BC, it's a modest 9km (5.6 miles) trek with a couple great views along the way, but the main reward waits at the end of the trail: a steep granite headwall with Jumbo Glacier spilling overtop, groaning and grumbling and occasionally splashing down into the blue lake below.

The Purcells are perhaps one of BC's more unsung mountain ranges, dwarfed in recognition by the Rockies and Coastal Ranges, but they are quickly becoming my favourite. The dividing range between the East and West Kootenays, the Purcells are a truly wild and rugged range, and its trails are quieter than its more famous counterparts so you get all the payoff — big mountains views, sparkling turquoise lakes, picture-perfect wilderness camps — without the crowds.

This past August we teamed up with Kootenay Rockies Tourism to hike and camp and showcase a couple of the under-the-radar trails in the Purcells. Lake of the Hanging Glacier was the first. See the full post and all the photos on our adventure blog Field & Forest 

[eopederson2]

Autumn’s First Dusting of Snow in the Purcells, British Columbia, 2019.

[lifewfourgirls-blog]

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[powdermatt]

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