Another glorious day! We are still along the Sea to Sky Highway. Here is a map of our route.
The highway starts at Horseshoe Bay (just to the west of
Vancouver on the map), hugs Howe Sound, and then heads up to the mountains toward
Whistler (site of the 2010 Winter Olympics) and beyond.
Our campsite at Alice
Lake Provincial
Park (about halfway up
the blue line) was a mere 50 steps away from this view.
Heading out of Alice
Lake, we see snowcapped
mountains (hard to see in the picture).
We continued north along the Sea to Sky Highway heading for Nairn Falls
Provincial Park
(the top end of the blue line on the map) – more ups and downs and twists and
turns, but the scenery was still spectacular.
We stopped at Brandywine
Falls, hiked to the
falls, and hiked to a further viewpoint.
We settled in to our campsite at Nairn Falls
and then hiked the 3km roundtrip to the falls.
The trail was a gradual up and down, but there was a very steep bank on
one side to a fast flowing river. Like most of the streams, the water was green
due to the glacial runoff.
As we approached the falls, we heard a rumble like a freight
train, and thought the falls must be really loud. They were, but there also
really was a passing freight train! :-)
We appreciate the difference and beauty of each waterfall.
