Numa Pass Rockwall Trail Kootenay National Park Canada

Kootenay National Park .. Numa Pass

One of the Canadian Rockie’s hidden gems .. This hike follows the Rockwall face in Kootenay National Park .. This view is of the Numa pass on day two of my four day hike .. The person in the lower right having a rest is my wonderful beautiful Wife Laurie.

The Rockwall Trail starts at Floe Lake, at the base of the massive 700-meter-high cliffs of the Vermilion Range. In summer months, glaciers calve off the Rockwall’s limestone and dolomite bands to crash in the lake below. The 33.7-mile/54.2-km trail traces the base of the limestone wall, soaring and dipping like a magic carpet, over three breath-catching passes, into forested canyons, past waterfalls, hanging glaciers and alpine cirques. It ends at the majestic 1,200-foot waterfall at Helmet Creek. Several superb campsites dot the trail, and are equipped with bear poles to deter four-legged critters. Plan on three or four days for the hike. A loop trip can be made from Paint Pots parking lot to Helmet Falls, over Wolverine Pass to Tumbling Pass, and back to Paint Pots (38.2 kilometers; 23 miles).

Numa Pass Approach

Approaching the pass from floe Lake .. Again my wife trudging along like the wonderful trooper she is!