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Wildlife
Revelstoke national park climate graph
-grizzly bears and black bears
threatened/endangered animals
-coueur d'alene salamander
westslope cutthroat trout-
Climate
Vegetation & Geography
- winter is cold and snowy (average -4ºC)
- summer is dry and warm (average 27ºC)
- large amounts of rain fall
subalpine park land/ meadow
bruce and fir tree forest
apline glaciers
mountains
valleys
Scenery
When and why this park was created
History & Culture
(of ski jumping in Mount Revelstoke)
The park was created in 1914.
Local residents advocated for the creation for these reasons:
- unspoiled mountain scenery
- sub-alpine wildflower meadows
- potentional for recreational use
Video of Mount Revelstoke National Park
Revelstoke ski jump, 1950s
Arnfinn Bergmann airborne over Revelstoke, 1947
In February 1916, Nels Nelsen broke the world record by jumping 183 feet on the Revelstoke ski jump
Mount Revelstoke National Park location
How you can get here & where to stay.
A map of where Mt. Revelstoke Park is located in Canada
Two maps of Mount Revelstoke Park
Mount Revelstoke National Park
List of activities to do in the park:
Meadows in the Sky Parkway, Snowshoeing and Ski-touring, On the Trail, Special Events,Wildlife Viewing,Camping, Fishing, and Cycling
Current uses at Revelstoke include:
threats to the park's integrity
scenic car drives through the park
skiing mountain resort
- transportation corridor
- the invasion of non-native plants
- loss of valley bottom habitat
- and visitor facilities and use
meadows in the sky parkway
sight seeing trails/hikes
ski jumping place holder