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Access and
parking: Cave and Basin parking lot at the end of
Cave Avenue, or at the recreation grounds parking lot
half-way down Cave Avenue
Length
and classification: Trail I - 4.6 km, Easy; Trail 2 -
1.5 km, Easy; Trail 3 - 2.2 km, Difficult.
Description: Trail I follows a
hiking and horse trail from the recreation grounds past
the Cave and Basin parking lot to the Sundance road and
eventually to Sundance Canyon. From the Sundance road
junction it is a little less than 2 km to the start of
the Healy Creek fire road, part of the way on a windblown
and, at times, icy stretch of road. The wetlands on
either side of the road here are home to a great variety
of birds and animals. Watch for beaver dams and lodges.
From the junction with the fire road it is just over I km
to Sundance Canyon where the trail ends. Here, weary
skiers can have lunch and warm themselves before a fire
in the picnic shelter. Take the same route or the more
difficult Trail 3 back to your parking area.
Trail 2, in combination with part of
Trail 1, forms a loop. From the Cave and Basin parking
lot the loop is 2.7 km long; from the recreation grounds
the total round-trip distance is a little over 4 km. On
the flat side of the loop the trail runs along the top of
a dike built to reclaim swamp land beside the river for
use as a recreation ground. As you ski past the Cave and
Basin, you may wish to doff your hat (or toque) to the
birthplace of Canada's national parks system, 100 years
old in 1985.
Trail 3 runs parallel to a section of
the Sundance road. It begins where Trail I joins the
Sundance road. From here it follows the horse trail which
crosses the road and climbs up the hillside beyond. It
meets the Sulphur Mountain road and drops downhill again
to rejoin the Sundance road directly opposite the start
of the Healy Creek fire road. There are steep, fast
sections on this trail.
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