Here is a valley or loose rocks and areas of grassy meadow and a pretty lake. The hike firstly follows the lakeshore to climb up through the woodlands. You emerge into a glacial valley with tumbling creek and waterfall cascades backed by two glaciers. The Burgess Shale - The World Heritage Site of the Burgess Shale preserves a bewildering array of prehistoric marine life in its many layers. To give an impression of the significance of the site, I read that palaeontologists here have discovered a greater variety of life than currently lives in all the World's oceans.
Access is restricted to guided hikes.
There are two to choose from that run through out summer. A display of the treasures hidden in the shale can be seen in the Field Visitor Centre.