Day hike to Garibaldi Lake


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Published: August 22nd 2010
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Garibaldi Provincial Park, also called Garibaldi Park, is a wilderness park and covers an area of over 1,950 square kilometres (753 sq mi). The park consists of many steep, rugged mountains, many of which are capped by glaciers. The park includes Mount Garibaldi and other volcanoes related to subduction volcanism in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The Park features many dense Douglas-fir, western red cedar and western hemlock forests, as well as alpine meadows, and many rocky alpine areas. The highest peak in the Park is Wedge Mountain at 2891 metres (9482 ft).

The day hike to Garibaldi Lake is 9 km there and back. Garibaldi Lake is a turquoise-coloured alpine lake in British Columbia, which features mountains, glaciers, trails, forests, flowers, meadows, waterfalls. The trails in the area are promoted as being among the most beautiful on earth.


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