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    Glacier National Park - Marion Lake is so clear and concise. What a pleasant surprise at Glacier NP.

    Glacier National Park

    4.0(5 reviews)
    82.9 km

    This is a Mount Rushmore national park. Incredible scenery. Great wildlife and plant life…read more Friendly rangers. Not crowded. Worth a trip to check out.

    It is 2023 and just like I promised from my 2022 review, I have returned for Round 2 at Glacier…read moreNational Park of Canada. This time, I was well prepared for a fantastic day of hiking and exploring. Lets get to it! Glacier NP is located off of TransCanada Highway 1...58 kilometers or 36 miles northwest of Golden, British Columbia. You need to have a Canada Parks Pass for admission. It's $10 per person per day or I purchased a yearly pass for $72 which includes entrances to Banff and Jasper Parks as well (this is definitely the best route to go). The nearest towns to Glacier NP are Golden and Revelstoke and I recommend you purchase sandwiches and snacks ahead of time at the grocery stores or otherwise you won't have food for your hikes. There's not many tourists visiting this park. It's very under the radar. There were some hikers on the trails but you mostly have nothing but time and space to appreciate the great outdoors. Many people think of Glacier NP in Montana in the United States (which is one of the best that the USA has to offer) as the one and only Glacier Park... But if you're leaving the Banff and Lake Louise area of the Canadian Rockies and heading west and south down to Vancouver, you'll run smack straight into this stunningly beautiful park. Here's the primary differences between the USA Park and here in British Columbia... - This Canadian Park is a hiking park. That's all that is offered. If you want to get out and see the sights of nature, you have to earn it by hiking. It's not like driving the famous "Going to the Sun Road" in Montana where there'll be multiple stops along the way to capture magnificent overlooks of some of the most glorious sceneries in America. So...here at Glacier NP of Canada, it's like a blue collar, no frills park. There's a Visitor Center that's open 9am - 5pm daily and it's here where I met with a ranger and they suggested day hikes to get the best experience out of the park. The first hike is GREAT GLACIER TRAIL - it's certainly one of the more popular hikes because of the scenery at the end of the trail. You'll be afforded 2 different terrific perspectives of snowcapped peaks and mountains in one grand setting. Great Glacier Trail is 4.6 kilometers or 2.85 miles each way with moderately strenuous elevation. It begins about 4 kilometers down the road from the Rogers Visitor Center. Be on the lookout for the Illecillewaet Parking Lot (yes I swear I spelled that correctly) and then you'll discover the trailhead. Also good about this Great Glacier Trail is that the next hike I was taking for the afternoon to MARION LAKE started from the same vicinity. MARION LAKE - 2.1 kilometers or 1.3 miles each way but it's all uphill with constant switchbacks. I'd classify it as pretty strenuous and is part of the bigger - Abbott Ridge Trail. When arriving at the lake, I thought my eyes had deceived me, lol. But it had to be one of the most pristine, symmetrical lakes I have witnessed anywhere. And an added bonus is situated just 1/4 of a mile walk past Marion Lake, you'll discover a rewarding lookout capturing the rugged mountains and TransCanada Highway 1 together in the distance. It's like one of these penultimate instances at Glacier NP that takes your breathe away. In total, navigating along 2 day hikes, being immersed in nature and having no worries is the reason I returned to Glacier NP of Canada. That indescribable feeling of pushing yourself to conquer difficult hiking trails cannot be duplicated. The end results are worth it. It's what keeps my candle burning brightly. Finally, 47 kilometers or 29 miles southwest of here sits Mount Revelstoke National Park. It's just as fun as Glacier NP and together you get to check 2 Canadian National Parks off your To-Do List.

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    Glacier National Park - Marion Lake is perfectly symmetrical, I suggest hiking here.

    Marion Lake is perfectly symmetrical, I suggest hiking here.

    Glacier National Park - Back for Round 2 at Glacier NP.

    Back for Round 2 at Glacier NP.

    Glacier National Park - Marion Lake Lookout is 1/4 of a mile walk past the lake and worth it.

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    Marion Lake Lookout is 1/4 of a mile walk past the lake and worth it.

    Salmon Arm Visitor Centre - visitorcenters - Updated May 2026

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