Rating – Expert
Distance – Approximately 13 kilometers one-way
Elevation Gain – 975 meters!
Duration – 10 hours round trip
When to Go – Mid-July to Mid-September. Any earlier, there’s avalanche risks.
How to get there – 4 hours from Calgary, 7 hours from Vancouver.
Another great hiking trip report from Scenic Travel Canada. This time Barry Taylor tells of his tough day hike near the Rogers Pass, in the Rockies.
It sounds spectacular.
One excerpt:
… Hoary marmots are basking in the sun on top of large boulders as they monitor my progress. Huge waterfalls are roaring straight down from the steep slopes of Abbott ridge on the other side of Asulkan Brook. The sound echoes and amplifies in the massive rock falls. I cross a removable wooden bridge over Asulkan Brook and the trail soon takes me past the junction for the Glacier Crest Trail.
As I break out of the forest again, the Asulkan Glacier comes into view far in the distance. The farther I hike, the more spectacular the views become. Roaring, rushing, milky water is everywhere. The sun is dancing on water and shadows shorten as the sun begins to fill the valley. I am feeling excited now and committed to completing the hike. …
click through to read the rest and see VIDEO – Hiking the Asulkan Valley Trail in Glacier National Park (Rogers Pass, BC)
Barry loved it. But bugs were still a problem there on Aug. 18th on a hot, hot day.
That’s the Canadian Glacier National Park, not that other one in Montana.
🙂
Who claimed the name first? … The Canadians established theirs in 1886. The Americans in 1910.
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Thank you for your interest. It is indeed a spectacular hike. Probably not a season opener but within the reach of a properly equipped, relatively fit person who is too stubborn to quit. Glacier National Park in British Columbia, Canada and in Montana, U.S.A. are quite different experiences. Both are absolutely spectacular.
You have finally given me a reason to plan a trip to Canada! Fantastic article!
Scott
http://www.outdoor-hiking.com
I live in the Washington, DC region and I think there are plenty of great reasons to visit Canada from coast to coast (to coast, if you count the northern ice). From Nova Scotia, Baffin, Algonquin, Churchill, the praries, the rockies around Banff and amazing BC.
I’ve been to Alaska and to a lot of places in the states, but Canada, sadly, is overlooked too often by my fellow Americans. It is a great outdoors experience.
Now if only we could fix the American dollar to make it affordable again…!
Andrew Szalay
An amazing hike indeed! We had a great day but did get quite a scare when we saw a grizzly not too far off the track. Luckily it wasn’t interested in us. Shot some nice photos too (but not of the bear): http://www.flickr.com/photos/bananeman/sets/72157625240536810/
And now I want to go back..
Wow. Colours look surreal.
NICE
I’m sure you’re curious what it looks like in bad weather
https://picasaweb.google.com/jjs6791/KootenayRockiesFull#5519230314610441570
Ha. Not so fun.