Walcott Quarry

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Private (BC-owned) · Activity / Experience📍 Cathedral$$$$

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Original Burgess Shale quarry, UNESCO site; half-billion-year fossils via Parks Canada guided hikes.

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.

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Bike parkingWater bottle refillWashroomsShowers (drop-in or fee)Café or food on siteWater without admissionLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike

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Time to allow: A full day

Planning: Check ahead before you go

Best season: Summer

Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Ĩyãħé Nakón mąkóce (Stoney), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis, Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), and Tsuut’ina.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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