Category: Canada, British Columbia
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Alexander Falls in Callaghan Country, near Whistler, Canada
The view of this spectacular waterfall requires no hike and there’s no trail to trek. The viewing platform is right off the circular dirt parking lot located 5 miles off Sea to Sky Highway aka Highway 99 on Callaghan Valley Road. This is just a few miles south of Whistler. The waterfall plunges 140 feet…
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Nairn Falls Provincial Park. One mile hike to these powerful falls
Yet another river-side trail to a stupendous waterfall. And the hike is less than a mile. The Nairn Falls on the Green River is incomprehensible. The cascading falls are close to 200 feet high with the viewing platform about mid-way. The view of the top of the falls is made possible by large gaps in…
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Gondola to Whistler Mountain
Die hards find a way to ski to the last remnant of snow. Snow by mid-May will have receded to the top of the mountains. Here we go, not to ski, but to sight see. We aren’t the only ones taking the gondola up to Whistler Mountain to get a better lay of the land.…
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Brandywine Falls, British Columbia.
Nice, easy 30 minute walk along the Cheakamus River to Brandywine Falls. How it got its name is somewhat of a mystery. There are stories. The falls itself is spectacular and shoots right out of the forest over a steep drop-off and into a chasm of mist and churning water. A sight similar to Upper…