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Ninth Avenue also holds outdoor equipment shops and Bacchus Books & Cafe (409 9th
Ave., 250/344-5600, 9am-5:30pm Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm Sun.), offering a wide selection of
new and used books, with plenty of local reading and detailed maps of the Columbia Valley.
The year-round Golden Visitor Centre (111 Golden Upper Donald Rd., 250/344-7125
or 800/622-4653, www.tourismgolden.com , 9am-4pm daily, until 8pm in summer) is en-
sconced in an architecturally striking building beside the highway before it descends into
town from the east. Interpretive displays describe the valley and everything there is to do
and see, while outside a short walking trail leads to a lookout.
GETTING THERE AND AROUND
Golden is on the Trans-Canada Highway 134 kilometers (83 miles) west of the town of
Banff (Alberta) and 713 kilometers (443 miles) east of Vancouver. If you're traveling up the
Columbia Valley, allow around 90 minutes from Radium Hot Springs, which is 105 kilo-
meters (65 miles) to the south via Highway 95. Greyhound buses stop four times daily in
Golden, utilizing the Husky gas station as a depot (250/344-2917).
For a cab, call Mount 7 Taxi (250/344-5237).