Idaho Peak

Today was part of a week of touring Catherine's parents around to some of the Kootenay's scenic places. Tuesday the schedule was to be Idaho Peak. This is an old fire lookout on a high peak overlooking Slocan Lake and the village of New Denver. It's accessed by an 11 km forest road to a small parking lot from which you can hike to the actual lookout.

Today, however, the road was blocked 2 km from the end by the remains of last winter's avalanche debris. The hike up the road was great, with many flowers in full summer glory so we had lots of opportunities to take pictures and work with the new plant book. It's a very nice place to see many species of alpine flowers. Good views too, of peaks and areas that we are finally starting to recognize.