From June 26 to Sept. 1, The Summit Chairlift runs from noon until 4 p.m.
From June 26 to Sept. 1, The Comet Express Six-Pack runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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| Join our award winning Nature Tour Guide, Roseanne Van Ee from Outdoor Discoveries, on an unforgettable tour of Silver Star Mountain to discover its colourful nature and history.
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Very intelligent and long-lived, this large black bird may be seen soaring
like a hawk. |
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This boisterous jay is BC’s provincial bird. Steely blue with black crested
head. |
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Also known as Whiskey Jack, Camp Robber, Canada Jay. These gregarious birds
are familiar trailside visitors. |
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Black and white, the males capped in red. Their holes provide nesting sites
for small birds. |
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Seen soaring on thermals, the buteo is identifiable by its red tail and
dark chest band. Light or dark. |
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These browsers eat woody twigs, grasses, herbs, berries, juniper, and aspen.
They prefer open edges of forests. |
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A true hibernator, this squirrel is active primarily in the spring and summer. |
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This small but aggressive predator turns white in the winter. |
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Ranging in colour from black to blonde, this omnivore eats berries, needles, grass, insects and carrion. |
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Primarily a forest dweller, this 25-30 lb cat is elusive and solitary.
The hare is its main food source. |
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The lovely crimson leaf bracts of Indian Paintbrush conceal its narrow green tube flowers. This is a favourite hummingbird food plant on open mountain slopes. It parasitically draws from the roots of grasses, thus making it tricky to cultivate in gardens.
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Tall and showy Fireweed grows in extensive stands in disturbed or recently burned areas. It helps to fertilise soils by fixing nitrogen. It sends clouds of woolly, silky seeds into late summer breezes.
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This popular medicinal herb was used for everything from a mosquito repellent to respiratory decongestion and pain relief. Run your hand along the stem and leaves and smell. |
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A variety of Arnicas add bright yellow bursts of colour to the mountain's forest edges and slopes. |
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