Top of the World Provincial Park Located in the Kootenays

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Top of the World Provincial Park

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High in the Kootenay Ranges of the Rocky Mountain region of south eastern British Columbia is one of the alpine gems of our park system, Top of the World Provincial Park. An area of great beauty, the park is part of the Top of the World Plateau, most of which is at an elevation in excess of 2,200 metres. The jagged peaks of the Hughes Range form a backdrop to the west of the park, and the Van Nostrand Range dominated by Mount Morro--at 2,912 metres marks the highest point in the park.
Kimberley, Fairmont Hot Springs, Cranbrook
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Horseback riding is permitted on the Fish Lake horse trail and on the Coyote Creek and Galbraith Creek trails only. Overnight grazing is prohibited, except in the vicinity of Coyote Creek campsite and Sayles Meadows. Use of pellets and other feed concentrates is encouraged. Grazing should be limited to one night per party in each location. At Fish Lake, horses must be kept 100 metres away from the lake. Weather conditions are typical of the southern Rocky Mountains. About half of the days in summer are sunny, with temperatures soaring to 30 degrees celsius. At nights, the thermometer will often drop below the freezing mark. In July and August, precipitation, mostly in the form of rain, totals about 110 mm. Fish Lake is usually free of ice by mid-June, with freeze-up occurring in late October. The access trail is passable on foot from early June to November. Snow and wet spots are present until late June. Alpine meadows and trails are not free of snow until mid-July. For more information and important visitors notices visit the BC Parks website .
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Top of the World Park is located 48 kilometres northeast of the village of Kimberley, access is via White Swan and Lussier Forest Service Roads, and extreme caution must be exercised at all times while travelling these roads. The access route is normally passable from late May until late October. Via Whiteswan Lake: Turn east off of Highway 93/95, 4.5 kilometres south of Canal Flats. At kilometre 21.3 take the fork to the right (Lussier River Junction). At kilometre 29.6, turn right and cross Coyote Creek. Continue straight at kilometre 30.7, staying on the main road till reaching kilometre 52. The trail begins at this point. National Topographic Series map 82G/14W (Queen Creek) at a scale of 1:50,000 covers the park area. These maps are available from most map retailers in British Columbia. Loaded logging trucks and other industrial traffic may be encountered while accessing this park. Drive with extreme caution and for your safety always yield to industrial traffic.

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Marnie Duthie-Holt

Fish Lake horse trail posted on: 09 / 23 / 2015

Hi, my family and I rode into this trail this summer and were greatly disappointed. Unfortunately the trail is not maintained regularly by BC Parks and thus has many areas of extensive blow down across the trail making travel difficult and in some places impossible. The corral and hitching post near the lake where the horses are supposed to be kept have fallen down and are not usable. I have spoken to BC Parks about improvements to the trail and corral so hopefully this will occur next year. It is a beautiful ride and I was able to do it about 20 years ago when things were maintained so I do hope improvements are made so that others are able to enjoy this area by horseback once again.

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