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Radium Hot Springs makes a good base for spectacular day hikes in the Columbia Mountains and Canadian Rockies.

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  • Lichen polygons. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Bunchberry flowers (or Dwarf Dogwood; Cornus canadensis) grow near lichen polygons on a rock. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Lichen polygons. Boom Lake Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • The Canadian Rocky Mountains reflect in the Kootenay River, in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Upper Kananaskis Lake. Backpack from North Interlakes Trailhead to Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 800 ft cumulative gain) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. From Forks Campground we day hiked to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft). The next day we hiked to Three Isle Lake (5 miles round trip/1800 ft), then back to the car. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Putnik (left, 9646 ft) rises above Upper Kananaskis River, near Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 500 ft gain in, 300 ft out). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Jagged Mount Lyautey (9990 ft / 3045 m), seen from Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 500 ft gain in, 300 ft out). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Jagged Mount Lyautey (9990 ft / 3045 m) rises above Upper Kananaskis River, as seen from Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 500 ft gain in, 300 ft out). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Tilted rock layers of Mount Lyautey (9990 ft / 3045 m), seen from Forks Backcountry Campground (10 miles round trip, 500 ft gain in, 300 ft out). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Pink flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom near Forks Backcountry Campground, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Meandering pine bark beetle trails are exposed on a bare log. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • At Putnik's Pond, admire the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Putnik (9646 ft) near Putnik's Pond, on the trail to North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917).
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  • Lawson Lake reflects the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Lawson Lake reflects the limestone fangs of Mount Maude. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Lawson Lake reflects the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • The limestone fangs of Mount Maude. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. On the right is Mount Beatty Glacier. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • White bloom of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Maude rises above Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Beatty Glacier, seen across Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • From North Kananaskis Pass on the border of Alberta, view peaks in the Royal Group, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • From North Kananaskis Pass on the border of Alberta, view peaks in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • From North Kananaskis Pass on the border of Alberta, view peaks in the Royal Group, in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja / Indian paintbrush carpet North Kananaskis Pass at Maude Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Beatty Glacier, seen across Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Beatty Glacier, seen across Maude Lake at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Hiking below Beatty Glacier, east of North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • At Putnik's Pond, admire the limestone fangs of Mounts Maude, French (3244 m), and Jellico. Day hike from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Clavarioid fungi (Coral fungi) are in the Basidiomycota group. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Steps ascend the headwall to reach Three Isle Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Worthington (2915 m or 9564 ft) reflects in Three Isle Lake (2180 m) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Eastward view from the headwall below Three Isle Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Eastward view from the headwall below Three Isle Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The headwall trail under Putnik Peak east of Three Isle Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Columbine flowers (genus Aquilegia, in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae). Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Pink & white flowers of liverleaf wintergreen / Pyrola asarifolia (formerly called Pink Wintergreen) is native to moist, wooded locations in western North America. Pyrola asarifolia has a single unbranched stem rising from basal rosettes of shiny, round, stalked leaves, topped by an elongated flower cluster, with between 5 and 25 heads. Leafless versions are saprophytes, which absorb their nutrients from the rich soil humus. Individual flowers are downward-pointing cups formed of five white, pale pink or reddish pink petals and centered on ten stamens. Stamens have white filaments and relatively long, purple anthers. Beneath the petals are five green sepals, longer than wide. At the base of the short flower stalks are a few narrow bracts, about as long as the stalk. Photographed in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Meandering pine bark beetle trails are exposed on a bare log. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Coyote on roadside in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mt Kidd along Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail), Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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