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Radium Hot Springs
Marble Canyon
Be sure to stop and take the enjoyable self-guided trail, one kilometer (0.6 mile) each way,
that leads along this ice-carved, marble-streaked canyon. The walk takes only about 30
minutes or so, yet as one of several interpretive plaques says, it takes you back more than
500 million years.
From the parking lot, the trail follows a fault in the limestone and marble bedrock
through Marble Canyon, which has been eroded to depths of 37 meters (130 feet) by fast-
flowing Tokumm Creek. As the canyon narrows, water roars down through it in a series of
falls. The trail ends at a splendid viewpoint where a natural rock arch spans a gorge. Marble
Canyon is also the trailhead for the Kaufmann Lake Trail.
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