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CANADA: Whistler Resort, Garibaldi PP, Joffre Lakes PP: Coast Range

98 images Created 22 Aug 2012

- The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for year-round outdoor sports in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. On Whistler Mountain, hike the High Note Trail to Harmony Lake and onward to views of turquoise Cheakamus Lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park. Hike the Overlord Trail on Blackcomb Mountain (2440 meters) for flowers and good views in the Spearhead Range across Fitzsimmons Valley. The Peak 2 Peak Gondola connects Whistler Village Gondola with Solar Coaster Express on Blackcomb Mountain for hikers and skiers.
- Three gloriously sunny days with no wind made for perfect backpacking to turquoise Garibaldi Lake and glorious Panorama Ridge, in Garibaldi Provincial Park, east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler in the Coast Range of BC.
- Photos by Tom Dempsey.

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  • From stunning Panorama Ridge, admire the vibrant turquoise color of Garibaldi Lake, which comes from glacial flour suspended in meltwater from Sphinx and Sentinel Glaciers. Garibaldi Provincial Park is east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. A hiking loop to Garibaldi Lake via Taylor Meadows Campground is 11 miles (18k) round trip, with 3010 ft (850m) gain. Panorama Ridge is 6 miles (10k) RT with 2066 ft (630m) gain from either Taylor Meadows or Garibaldi Lake Campground (or 17 miles RT with 5100 ft gain from Rubble Creek parking lot).
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  • Pedestrian walkways are well landscaped with waterways and art at the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A padded and helmeted mountain biker loads his bicycle onto Whistler Village Gondola in the Fitzsimmons Range, British Columbia, Canada. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for a variety of outdoor sports.
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  • The volcanic pinnacle of Black Tusk rises above Black Tusk Lake (foreground) and Mimulus Lake, seen from Panorama Ridge Trail. The Black Tusk (2319 m or 7608 ft) is a remnant of an extinct andesitic stratovolcano which formed 1.3-1.1 million years ago: after long glacial erosion, renewed volcanism 170,000 years ago made the lava flow and dome forming the tooth-shaped summit. The top of Panorama Ridge is 17 miles round trip with 5100 feet gain from Rubble Creek parking lot (or 6 miles/10k RT with 2066 ft/630m gain from either Taylor Meadows or Garibaldi Lake Backcountry Campground). A hiking loop to Garibaldi Lake via Taylor Meadows Campground is 11 miles (18k) round trip, with 3010 ft (850m) gain. Garibaldi Provincial Park is east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • In late summer, deciduous leaves turn red, yellow and orange in the alpine zones of Garibaldi Provincial Park, the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. Garibaldi Park is east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler.
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  • The vibrant turquoise color of Garibaldi Lake comes from glacial flour suspended in meltwater from Sphinx and Sentinel Glaciers. Garibaldi Provincial Park is east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. A hiking loop from Rubble Creek parking lot to beautiful Garibaldi Lake via Taylor Meadows Campground is 11 miles (18k) round trip with 3010 ft (850m) gain.
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  • The volcanic pinnacle of Black Tusk (2319 m or 7608 ft) rises above Mimulus Lake, Black Tusk Lake, and Helm Lake (left to right), seen from Panorama Ridge Trail. The Black Tusk is a remnant of an extinct andesitic stratovolcano which formed 1.3-1.1 million years ago: after long glacial erosion, renewed volcanism 170,000 years ago made the lava flow and dome forming the tooth-shaped summit. The top of Panorama Ridge is 17 miles round trip with 5100 feet gain from Rubble Creek parking lot (or 6 miles/10k RT with 2066 ft/630m gain from either Taylor Meadows or Garibaldi Lake Backcountry Campground). A hiking loop to Garibaldi Lake via Taylor Meadows Campground is 11 miles (18k) round trip, with 3010 ft (850m) gain. Garibaldi Provincial Park is east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. This panorama was stitched from 12 overlapping images.
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  • Mount Iago, Mount Fitzsimmons (2610 m), Overlord Mountain, and Overlord Glacier (left to right) rise above the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Global warming/climate change: As of 2005, Overlord Glacier had retreated 880 meters from its terminus of year 1929. From the early 1700s to 2005, half (51%) of the glacial ice cover of Garibaldi Provincial Park melted away (Koch et al. 2008, web.unbc.ca). The record of 1900s glacier fluctuations in Garibaldi Park is similar to that in southern Europe, South America, and New Zealand, suggesting a common, global climatic cause.
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  • Admire the glacier-clad Coast Mountains from Whistler Village Gondola, in British Columbia, Canada. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for a variety of outdoor sports.
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  • Mount Iago, Mount Fitzsimmons (2610 m), Overlord Mountain, Overlord Glacier, and Fissile Peak (left to right) rise above the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Global warming/climate change: As of 2005, Overlord Glacier had retreated 880 meters from its terminus of year 1929. From the early 1700s to 2005, half (51%) of the glacial ice cover of Garibaldi Provincial Park melted away (Koch et al. 2008, web.unbc.ca). The record of 1900s glacier fluctuations in Garibaldi Park is similar to that in southern Europe, South America, and New Zealand, suggesting a common, global climatic cause.
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  • Harmony Lake reflects trees and blue sky along the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. See Blackcomb Mountain (2440 meters) and ski area in the Spearhead Range across Fitzsimmons Valley. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is popular for year-round outdoor sports. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • An aster flower blooms with lavender color on Whistler Mountain in the Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants.
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  • Hiking along the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range, see Mount Iago, Mount Fitzsimmons (2610 m), Overlord Mountain, Overlord Glacier, and Fissile Peak (left to right) in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • From Panorama Ridge, admire the vibrant turquoise color of Garibaldi Lake, which comes from glacial flour suspended in meltwater from Sphinx and Sentinel Glaciers. Above the lake rises Mount Garibaldi (2678 m or 8786 ft), a potentially active stratovolcano in Garibaldi Provincial Park, east of the Sea to Sky Highway (Route 99) between Squamish and Whistler, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. Below Mount Garibaldi are Table Mountain and Warren Glacier. Mount Garibaldi began erupting and growing steadily since 250,000 years ago and is the only major Pleistocene age volcano in North America known to have formed on top of a glacier. Although part of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt within the Cascade Volcanic Arc, it is not considered part of the Cascade Range. The unusually-flat Table Mountain formed just 12,000 years ago from a lava eruption underneath a glacier! Regarding global warming and climate change: from the early 1700s to 2005, half (51%) of the glacial ice cover of Garibaldi Provincial Park melted away (reference: Koch et al. 2008, web.unbc.ca). The record of 1900s glacier fluctuations in Garibaldi Park is similar to that in southern Europe, South America, and New Zealand, suggesting a common, global climatic cause. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping images.
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  • Western Pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, or Pasque Flower) grows on the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. In the distance, Castle Towers Mountain rises to 2676 meters elevation (8780 feet) in Garibaldi Provincial Park.
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  • Castle Towers Mountain rises to 2676 meters elevation (8780 feet) in Garibaldi Provincial Park, south of the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Hiking along the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range, see Mount Iago, Mount Fitzsimmons (2610 m), Overlord Mountain, Overlord Glacier, and Fissile Peak (left to right) in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire) is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs. Photo is from Whistler Mountain, Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Spreading phlox / Phlox diffusa flowers bloom on Whistler Mountain, Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. Phlox (pronounced "flocks," from the Greek word for "flame") is a genus of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Phlox are found mostly in North America (one species in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie.
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  • See Blackcomb Mountain (2440 m) and ski area in the Spearhead Range across from the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Black Tusk (2319 meters or 7608 feet elevation) is an eye-catching pinnacle of volcanic rock in Garibaldi Provincial Park of British Columbia, in the Coast Range, Canada. Visible from the Whistler area, Black Tusk is part of Garibaldi Volcanic Belt within the Cascade Volcanic Arc (but is not within the geographic boundary of the Cascade Range, which is south of the Fraser River). Black Tusk is the remnant of an extinct andesitic stratovolcano which formed 1.3 to 1.1 million years ago as the Juan de Fuca, Gorda, and Explorer plates plunged under the North American Plate at the ongoing Cascadia subduction zone.
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  • From the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, admire flowers of aster and lupine in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants.
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  • From the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, admire flowers of lupine and aster, turquoise Cheakamus Lake, and glacier-clad peaks in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. This panorama was stitched from 6 overlapping photos.
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  • From the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, admire turquoise Cheakamus Lake and glacier-clad peaks in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. The beautiful lake is colored by glacial silt reflecting reflecting green and blue sunlight.
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  • From the High Note Trail on Whistler Mountain, admire turquoise Cheakamus Lake and glacier-clad peaks in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the Coast Range, British Columbia, Canada. The beautiful lake is colored by glacial silt reflecting reflecting green and blue sunlight. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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