The area along Highway 93 in British Columbia, south of the Trans-Canada Highway, offers a fantastic array of hiking and scrambling opportunities on all types of mountains high and low. There are giants like the mighty Mount Ball that takes a good 14 hours return to conquer, or the compact Vermilion Peak that’s mostly a hike and can be summited in 3 hours or less. Many of these routes are described in Kane’s “Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies”, but there is much room for exploration, especially further south along Hwy 93!
Mountains to explore:
Ball, Mount
Beatrice Peak
Boom Mountain
Isabelle Peak
Storm Mountain
Vermilion Peak
Whymper, Mount