Price
Creek/Cream Lake:
Length
8.5 km. Average one-way hiking time: 7 hours. Elevation
change: 1,200 meters. This trail starts from the
south end of Buttle Lake at the entrance to Strathcona-Westmin
Park. The route follows a gravel road for the first
3 km then a rough trail follows the main valley
where it crosses Price Creek and deteriorates into
a very steep, rough route to Cream Lake.
Lower
Myra Falls:
Length
1 km. Average one-way hiking time: 15 minutes.
The trail starts near the south end of Buttle
Lake before the mine site. This trail has one
steep section and offers views of several beautiful
cascades from a viewing platform at Myra Falls,
as well as access to several creek-side areas.
Please exercise CAUTION when visiting the falls.
Upper
Myra Falls:
Length
3 km. Average one-way hiking time: 1.5 hours.
Elevation change: 100 meters. This hike starts
at the trailhead just past the Boliden-Westmin
mine site and follows a gravel road for 700
meters before turning into a forest trail.
Features include old-growth forest and a waterfall.
Phillips Ridge:
Length 6
km. Average one-way hiking time: 4 hours. Elevation change:
800 meters. This well-graded trail starts from the trailhead
just past the Boliden-Westmin mine site and leads to Arnica
Lake. There is a camping area at the north end of Arnica Lake.
Tennent
Lake-Mount Myra:
Length 7 km. Average one-way
hiking time: 5 hours. Elevation change: 1,500 meters. This
hike
starts just past the Boliden-Westmin mine and
follows a gravel road for 900 meters. The trail then leaves the road beside
the pump house and follows a very steep, older roadbed
to Tennent Lake. A rough route
exists from Tennent Lake to Mount Myra.
