Marble Canyon Provincial Park Bc

Marble canyon provincial park is nestled in the rugged pavilion mountain range.

Marble canyon provincial park bc. The canyon park rests in the middle of the pavilion mountain range and includes three turquoise lakes a campground. Marble canyon campground is open june through september. Every year california bighorn sheep migrate between alpine areas in the marble range and steep cliffs of the fraser river canyon in edge hills provincial park. The white chalk faced slopes are certainly not composed of.

That s what makes picnicking here such an unusual experience. The marble range is excellent as mule deer summer range. You can sense there s something different. Marble canyon provincial park has one of the best and most easily accessed icefalls in the region.

The migration is dictated by food availability. Marble canyon provincial park cache creek. Lower mainland rock climbers have opened dozens of routes over the past decade in this area which has come to be known as the cinderella of bc rock because of its still relatively undiscovered beauty. Travelling here to get here from the lower mainland or whistler you have to travel on hwy 99 via duffy lake to lillooet then cross the fraser river and continue on hwy 99 to the park.

Marble canyon campground has 61 un serviced camp sites. Marble canyon provincial park is a provincial park in british columbia canada established in 1956 to protect marble canyon a limestone formation at the south end of the marble range in 2001 the park was expanded to 355 hectares to include all of pavilion lake due to the presence of microbialites a type of stromatolite and the lake s importance to research into astrobiology and other fields. Marble canyon is a popular experience in kootenay national park british columbia canada. More camping in kootenay national park.

Travel northwest 40 km 25 miles of cache creek on hwy 99. Parks canada has three front country campgrounds and one group campground in kootenay national park. There is time following the castle mountain fire lookout hike to drive south on highway 93 into kootenay national park located in british columbia canada. Located in the north middle and south ends of the park these.

See 31 reviews articles and 39 photos of marble canyon provincial park ranked no 3 on tripadvisor among 12 attractions in cache creek. The limestone canyon in which marble canyon park is located is a rather rare geological formation in british columbia. Marble canyon provincial park cache creek.