Summer & trails · Island Lake
Tamarack Summit
8 km return · Through the larches towards Mount Fernie.
Start beside Cedar Lodge and follow the Tamarack Trail through mature larch. Above the viewpoint option, open grassy slopes lead towards the dramatic rock crags of Mount Fernie.
- Route type: Out-and-back
- Distance: 8 km return
- Estimated time: About 5 hours
- Elevation gain: 670 m
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Trail guide
See the Tamarack Summit route in 3D.
Above the Tamarack viewpoint the trail keeps climbing through golden larch and open slopes to the rocky summit area of Mount Fernie. It is eight kilometres return and about five hours with 670 metres of gain from Cedar Lodge, and the upper mountain is a clear step up in difficulty from the viewpoint walk. The reward is a genuine summit with the valley dropping away on all sides. Start at the corner of Cedar Lodge and give yourself the full day.
Elevation profile
- Mapped distance
- 3.9 km
- Climbing
- 637 m
- High point
- 1,959 m
Profile sampled from open elevation data along the mapped route; treat distances and climbing as approximate. Distances and times in the trail guide above are the published figures.
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