Revelstoke

When entering Revelstoke first we visited the Revelstoke Canyon Dam, a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River and thus building Lake Revelstoke. After a silent night at Powder Pillow Bed & Breakfast we did some hiking at Mount Revelstoke National Park. Our first stop was the Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk an interpretive trail that leads through valley bottom rainforest and fragile wetlands inhabited by the strange skunk cabbage plant. The plant is called skunk cabbage because of the distinctive "skunky" odor that it emits when it blooms. Next we did the Giant Cedars Boardwalk showing us old-growth western red cedar and hemlock trees, some more than 800 years old. Afterwards we drove the Meadows-in-the-Sky Parkway untill its 2nd section offering a great view of Revelstoke and the Columbia River (due to the early season the parkway wasn't open till the summit).