Kootenay Parks and Trails

The trail is a great way to tour the community while hiking and biking. Many locals in the community prefer to bike to and from work using the trail as to driving. The trail is a compliment to the community and the efforts made to promote an active lifestyle.

Golden

Thompson Waterfall Trail is a short 1.4 kilometre loop trail leading to a waterfall on the Blaeberry River. At the 900 metre point is the location of the waterfall.

Blaeberry FSR

Golden

Hartley Lake is a recreation lake in the backcountry forests located north of the community of Fernie, BC in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The small lake is a popular destination for fishing and camping.

Hartley Lake FSR

Fernie

Elizabeth Lake Sanctuary in Confederation Park is where many visitors start their exploring hiking, birding, picnicking and sightseeing when visiting Cranbrook, BC

Cranbrook

The walkway is a 1.8 kilometre wide, paved recreation path enjoyed, mostly, by walkers, rollerbladers, dog walkers and bikers. Some use the path as a connector route for getting around the community while others use the walkway as a relaxing get-a-way destination for activity.

5th Street

Castlegar

Lower Arrow Lake is a popular summer destination for many activities including boating, swimming, sailing, canoeing, camping, wind surfing, birdwatching and fishing. The lake is well stocked with fish including rainbow, gerrard, kokanee and bull trout plus barbot and whitefish.

Castlegar

Horseshoe Lake Forest Recreation Site is popular for hiking, birdwatching, camping, mountain biking, swimming, fishing and canoeing.

Horseshoe Lake Road

Cranbrook

James White Park is a sports park for baseball and tennis situated on the banks of the Elk River in the community of Fernie, BC

Mt. Minton Road

Fernie

Mountain Bike Skills Park is a small local recreation mountain bike park located in the community of Rossland, BC in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The skills park is a good starting point for mountain bikers to warm up before a ride as it is near a few mountain biking trails that

Irwin Avenue

Rossland

Radium Hot Springs is a year round attraction located next to the village and within the Kootenay National Park boundaries next to the cliffs of Sinclair Canyon.

Radium

Kaslo River Trail is home to activities like walking, hiking, jogging, birdwatching, mountain biking in the summer and cross country skiing in the winter.

Railroad Avenue

Kaslo

Marysville Falls Hiking Trail and Waterfall is an easy, short boardwalk walking path located in the Village of Marysville which is south of Kimberley, BC in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The hiking trail is a casual adventure leading to a viewpoint overlooking a 30 metre waterfall

Kimberley

Creston Wildlife Management Area is one of largest wetland eco system situated in British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1968, the Creston Wildlife Management Area covers over 6,880 hectares (17,000 acres) of a valley in West Creston.

W. Creston Road

Creston

Mount Fernie Provincial Park is a wilderness park with an interpretive trail exploring forests filled with Douglas fir, spruce, black cottonwood, western red cedar. western larch and trembling aspen trees. The three kilometre interpretive trail follows Lizard Creek leading to a viewpoint.

Fernie

The hot spring pools rest at the headwaters of the Columbia River. Looming high above the hot springs are the cliffs and peaks of the Rocky and Purcell Mountains - home to glaciers, waterfalls, hoodoos, snowcapped peaks, crashing rivers and endless wilderness adventures.

Invermere

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Kootenay Parks and Trails

Rotary Loop Trail

Thompson Waterfall Trail

Hartley Lake

Elizabeth Lake Sanctuary

Millennium Walkway

Lower Arrow Lake

Horseshoe Lake Recreation Forest Site, Cranbrook

James White Park, Fernie

Rossland Mountain Biking Park

Radium Hot Springs

Kaslo River Hiking Trail

Marysville Falls

Creston Wildlife Management Area

Mount Fernie Provincial Park

Fairmont Hot Springs