{"key":"9da281ce2e","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n6489825195","category":"Attractions","subcategory":"Activity / Experience","community":"Cathedral","lat":51.4383218,"lon":-116.4723226,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Walcott Quarry","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Walcott Quarry is the original excavation site of the Burgess Shale, one of the world's most celebrated paleontological discoveries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site within Yoho National Park. The quarry preserves extraordinarily detailed half-billion-year-old marine fossils and is accessible only via strenuous guided hikes offered by Parks Canada. Touring cyclists based in the Field, BC area can book a guided day-hike to the quarry as a once-in-a-lifetime side trip from the Kicking Horse corridor.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/activ/explore-interets/burgess","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":null,"source":null},"phone":{"value":null,"source":null},"email":{"value":"information@pc.gc.ca","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"name":"Walcott Quarry","tourism":"attraction"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The OSM record tags Walcott Quarry as a tourism attraction within Yoho National Park; the discovered URL resolves to Parks Canada's Burgess Shale/Yoho activities page, which covers the quarry as one of three guided fossil-hike destinations. The website confirms Burgess Shale hikes are guided-only and lists general Yoho NP amenities (restrooms, picnic areas, charging stations, restaurant), but none of these are attributable to the remote Walcott Quarry site itself, so all amenity fields default to null. No OSM tags provide amenity detail, and the website offers no quarry-specific service information.","concerns":["The discovered URL points to the general Burgess Shale/Yoho activities page rather than a Walcott Quarry-specific page; amenities listed on the website (restrooms, charging stations, restaurant) apply to Yoho NP broadly and cannot be confirmed for the quarry trailhead or site itself.","OSM community is listed as 'Unknown / Kootenays' but Yoho National Park and Walcott Quarry are in the Rocky Mountains region near Field, BC, not the Kootenays.","No address, phone, or email in OSM record; contact is via Parks Canada national line only.","Access to Walcott Quarry is by guided hike only (no cycling to the site); the trailhead parking situation and any bike facilities there are unconfirmed."],"recommended_status_reason":"Walcott Quarry is a world-famous UNESCO World Heritage paleontological site and a compelling destination attraction for touring cyclists in the Yoho/Field area; the Parks Canada Burgess Shale page confirms it is an active, bookable guided-hike experience.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"The Burgess Shale guided hikes must be booked in advance through Parks Canada. There are three hike options; Walcott Quarry is one of them and involves significant elevation gain. Cyclists would need to leave bikes at a trailhead or accommodation."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"v2","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","attraction_facets","wow","judgement","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"name","subcategory_confidence":"med","facets_layers":"l1+l2","judgement":{"confidence":"high"}},"required_criteria":{},"optional_amenities":{},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Kootenay Rockies","ownership":"Private (BC-owned)","indigenous_role":[],"facets":{"dwell":"day","setting":"outdoor","theme":"science-family","energy":"active","season":"summer","kid_friendly":"no","visitable":true,"planning":"check-ahead","open_early":true,"open_morning":true,"open_afternoon":true,"open_evening":true,"days_closed":[],"is_24h":false,"seasonal_hours":false,"hours_source":"type_prior","facet_confidence":"low"},"notability":4,"wow_evidence":"Original Burgess Shale excavation — among the world's most celebrated fossil sites, UNESCO WHS; access is a strenuous Parks Canada guided hike, a bucket-list day but a hike, not a roll-up stop.","rider_delight":3,"blurb":"Original Burgess Shale quarry, UNESCO site; half-billion-year fossils via Parks Canada guided hikes.","price":{"band":4,"band_key":"premium","label":"Premium","confidence":"high","source":"judgement","signal":"Burgess Shale access only via guided hikes ~$70-100+"},"tier":"info"}