Our second stop on Father's Day was to Sicamous Creek Falls, located just past Sicamous, off of Highway 97A at Waterway Houseboats, onto 2 Mile Rd.
As we arrived it started raining quite heavily. We considered not going but decided a little (or a lot of) rain wasn't going to stop us. Thankfully the trail was in great condition and was not overly slippery when wet. The rain did provide a little trouble while picture taking. It was tough to keep my lens dry but I was able to get a couple of nice shots. I wasn't able to get all of the shots I wanted due to safety (water height and speed combined with wet surface from the rain), but will just have to try again on another day!
Some pics of the waterfall at the bottom of the stairs.
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| Sicamous Creek Waterfalls |
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| Sicamous Creek Waterfalls at the end of spring. |
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| Raging water! |
The creek from different spots along the trail.
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| The Sicamous Creek |
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| The Sicamous Creek Falls Trail |
The rained stopped near the end of our hike and as we started to climb back towards the parking lot the humidity was so high that my lens fogged up and I couldn't keep it clear til we hit the open air at the parking lot. It gave the pics a dreamy quality!
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| Shooting the trail though a fogged lens. |
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| More foggy trail. |
A little friend we met near the parking lot.
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| A wee snail. |
A short video clip of the Sicamous Creek Waterfalls.
All in all it was a most excellent Father's Day spent with my family.
Hallo Jen,
ReplyDeleteNice articles on the local flora & fauna. I hear you kayak as well. Perhaps some day you'd like to write about your experience on Shuswap waterways. You are welcome to join us on a local paddle. Visit us at: http://www.shuswapkayaks.com/
Thanks! I do kayak with my family (we have a two person kayak), though we haven't been out this year yet sadly. We would love to join you for a paddle. Things are a little crazy at the moment as we just bought a house and are renoing but we could definitely squeeze in a short paddle trip on a weekend or evening. Twitter me (@OkanaganJen).
ReplyDeleteHere is a local day outing to a Native American Pictographs site near Sicamous @ Mara Lake:
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Great slide show! We definitely want to take a paddle out to the Pictographs.
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