If you’ve got a few hours to kill this weekend you should make your way to the summit of Mount Revelstoke and meander through the wildflowers.
“The best wildflowers are out right now along the side of the “Meadows in the Sky” Parkway that leads to the summit of the mountain,” Parks Canada spokeswoman Jacolyn Daniluck told The Current on Friday. “The summit area is changing daily — glacier lilies are now seeding and Indian Paintbrush and Valerian are quickly flowering.”
Jacolyn sent The Current a number of recent photos that show the blooming beauty in the alpine areas above town. Enjoy!
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and you will see that the inside of the flower has a hairy white ‘tongue;’ it likes drier, rockier soil and Partridge Foot (the delicate white flower) is always abundant in Mount Revelstoke National Park. Photo courtesy of Parks Canada