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Location: Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), British Columbia, Canada

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1. Paint Pots Trailhead – Paint Pots Wetlands loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

2.14km

00:36

50m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Paint Pots – Marble Canyon loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

8.79km

02:24

130m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Marble Canyon – Paint Pots loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

7.73km

02:04

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Karsten S.

August 15, 2019

In the northern part of the Kootenay Park are the so-called Paint Pots - cold mineral springs whose water is colored by dissolved iron compounds and have formed the small ponds and basins. They are located in an easily accessible geologically interesting area with long cultural and historical significance, because even the First Nations have mined the yellow to brown-red ocher mud here - which is present everywhere - to gain color pigments or dyes for their rock paintings or ceremonies. Later, the ocher was also promoted by European settlers and became a sought-after commodity. The Paint Pots are still among the holy places, so it is important to stay on the trails and not to remove earth.

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Frank

November 19, 2019

Here the Indians have mined their red color ;-)

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T S

July 24, 2022

Green and bright orange pools carrying ochre, which was/is used by the aboriginal people to dye tipis and clothes

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Location: Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), British Columbia, Canada

Paint Pots

1. Paint Pots Trailhead – Paint Pots Wetlands loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

2. Paint Pots – Marble Canyon loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

3. Marble Canyon – Paint Pots loop from Cottage Club Ghost Lake

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