IF MOUNTAINS are your
meat, then head _for
Kootenay country.

By JEAN MacKENZIE
Contributing Writer

You'll see the best of the
southern Rocky Mountains on the
‘short loop that winds. through

- Kootenay, Banff and Yoho Na-.

the radiant snow slopes of B.C.'s
top-of-the-world ski land,

A good starting place is In-
vermere, halfway up Highway 95
near the B.C,-Alberta boundary.

‘Come summer, there's tiding and

hiking at Panorama, swimming
and water sports at spanking new
Athalmer ‘Beach. Park on Lake
Windermere,’ and camping at Dry
Gulch Park’ or at the big Redstreak

campground near Radium.

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‘tional parks.

The blacktop is fast and smooth
for a quick, hit-the-high-spots trip,
or you can loaf along, taking your
entire holiday to savor the keen
air, tramp quiet trails or slice down —

At Radium ‘Hot Springs, north
along the Columbia River Valley,

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you turn right onto Highway 93
for the entrance to Kootenay Na-
tional Park,

You'll pass through the red rock
forge of Sinclair who led a party of
immigrants through the narrow
passage back in 1841, Be sure to
pause here for a luxurious swim-
and-soak stop at the steaming Hot
Springs Aquacourt.

Highway 93 cuts east from Ra-
dium, knifing through the hills to
emerge at the breathtaking
Kootenay . Valley Viewpoint.
Across the winding silver river, the
Rocky Mountains claw the clouds
with jagged fingers of stone.

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Down along the riverside are
campgrounds, picnic sites and. hik-
ing trails that lead as far as Mt.
Assiniboine Park to the east.

Don’t hit the gas pedal too hard
along this tempting stretch . of
road, or you may miss the sight of
a solitary moose, being straddle-
legged over the riverside saltlick.
Along here too, watch for wapiti
browsing among the scrub willows
out on the river flats.

Up near the northern entrance
to the park, you'll find the trail to
the Vermilion River ‘paint pots’’
where the Kootenay Indians. went
to find red ochre for body paint.

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