Looking for a rewarding half day hike? The Stanley Glacier Trail is a great pick! The approachable trail leads to a wide basin with impressive vistas of a glacier as well as many peaks, tall waterfalls and impossibly steep cliffs.

This is one of the areas of the Rockies where the famous Burgess Shale fossils can be found. Parks Canada offers a guided Burgess Shale hike.

There is a shorter out and back trail as well as a longer and more challenging loop. More details in this hiking guide.

A Parks Canada parks pass is required to explore Kootenay National Park ($22/day for a vehicle of up to 7 people).