Bugaboo Provincial Park
A world-class climbing destination of granite spires and glaciers, and the birthplace of heli-hiking and heli-skiing.
The Bugaboo Spires are a set of knife-edged granite towers in the Purcell Range, widely regarded as among the most spectacular alpine climbing areas in North America, and they are the birthplace of heli-skiing. Ordinary visitors can hike about 5 km from the parking lot, climbing roughly 700 metres to the Conrad Kain Hut for close-up views of the glaciers and spires (a round trip of about 5–6 hours). At the parking lot, you'll need to fence your vehicle with wire mesh to keep out porcupines, which chew on cars. The park is about 110 km by road from Golden, including about 45 km of gravel road.
Opening hours
July–September
Nearby sights
- Wapta Falls
- Mount 7 Paragliding
- Columbia Wetlands
- Cedar Lake
- Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge
- Kicking Horse River Rafting
- Golden Skybridge
- Grizzly Bear Refuge