Mt. Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia

August 7, 2025

We were starting to feel back to ourselves after being sick the past week, but the almost 3-hour drive into British Columbia wore Rick out. He was happy to take the rest of the afternoon off, relaxing on the deck. The warm, sunny weather definitely helped with the recovery effort.

The weather was rainy in the morning when we left Lake Louise

...but it cleared up nicely as the day went on

Under the stickers, this sign says "Welcome to British Columbia" (Why is it a thing to plaster signs with stickers, anyway?)

Alas, our plans for a romantic dinner at Emerald Lake lodge were foiled by illness this past week 🙁

Quite a dramatic waterfall up in the mountains

Relaxing at the campsite after a tiring drive

Thimbleberries off of our deck 🙂

We did manage a short walk to the campground nature center to check into our campsite

This was a first--a campground shelter with a piano (but a couple of keys didn't play so good anymore)

The best weather day turned out to be the afternoon we arrived. The second best window of weather was Tuesday morning, and luckily that was the time we chose to do the "meadows in the sky" at Revelstone National Park. Unbeknownst to us, our timing coincided with the peak of the short wildflower season here 😁.

Normally, we would consider driving all the way to the top of a mountain, parking in a lot, and then walking a few yards to see all the good scenery kind of cheating, but this was just the kind of mellow saunter we needed, as we were still in recovery mode from being sick. And, all the flowers were the icing on the cake (at least for Julie--Rick was still in a little bit of a daze).

What--no elk, no mountain goats, no bears, nor moose in these mountains?

About halfway up the mountain, we started seeing lots of wildflowers

Balsam Lake (It's very pretty, but it seems more like a pond than a lake. Plus, it apparently dries up at the end of summer.)

The Columbia River and surrounding Columbia Mountains

Heather "Lake"

The quaint fire tower that was in use until the 1980s

More and more clouds were lining up as the morning went on

Close to the bottom of the mountain was a historic ski jump

A cute prop for a photo op...

Overlooking the town of Revelstoke from the ski jump

After coming down from the mountain, we enjoyed lunch on our deck while the weather decided to flip back to sunshine for a while. Alas, it was not to last, and thunderstorms rolled in a little while later, putting the kibosh on outdoor plans for the day.

Wednesday morning was cool and dreary, so we headed to town to do some grocery shopping. By the time we got back, it started to rain (and never stopped for the rest of the day).

Thursday started to clear in the afternoon so we took a fun little local hike to Boulder Mountain Overlook which overlooks the Columbia River, mountains, and the town of Revelstoke.

Most of the trail went through lush forest. (It was particularly lush after all the rain that had fallen the last month or whatever)

Someone was nice enough to leave a rope to help with the slope

Looks like we're close!

This would have been a fairly disappointing ending, but fortunately, the trail went on a bit further

Wild blueberries!

On the way back down, Rick found a different rope option

The rope was kind of hard to notice the first time we passed it on the trail

Guessing this trail can get pretty wet and muddy

We would have liked to explore the town of Revelstoke more, but sometimes you just have to leave some sights on the table. It was time to move on to our last stop in Canada before heading back down to the States!

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