The Barrier, Garibaldi Provincial Park

Name: The Barrier
Address: Garibaldi Provincial Park, Canada

#34 among attractions in Garibaldi Provincial Park

Natural attraction, Volcano

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The Barrier is a lava dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is over 300 m thick and about 2.4 km long where it impounds the lake. ()

Alternative names: Length: 7874 ftHeight: 797 ftReservoir area: 3.84 mi²Reservoir depth: 849 ftCoordinates: 49°56'6"N, 123°4'48"W

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The Barrier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Black Tusk, Cinder Cone, Mount Price, Garibaldi Lake.

3.2 miNE
Natural attraction, Volcano
The Black Tusk, Garibaldi Provincial Park
83 min walk • The Black Tusk is a stratovolcano and a pinnacle of volcanic rock in Garibaldi Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. At 2,319 m above sea level, the upper spire is visible from a great distance in all directions.
4.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Volcano
Cinder Cone, Garibaldi Provincial Park
105 min walk • Cinder Cone is a cinder cone with a small crater on the west side of the Helm Glacier in Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Cinder Cone is surrounded by cinder flats and its crater is filled with meltwater during the summer.
2.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Price, Garibaldi Provincial Park
60 min walk • Mount Price is a small stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,049 metres and rises above the surrounding landscape on the western side of Garibaldi Lake in New Westminster Land District.
2.7 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park
69 min walk • Garibaldi Lake is a turquoise-coloured alpine lake in British Columbia, Canada, located 37 km north of Squamish and 19 km south of Whistler.
4 miSE
Natural attraction, Volcano
The Table, Garibaldi Provincial Park
103 min walk • The Table, sometimes called Table Mountain, is a 2,021-metre high flow-dominated andesite tuya located 4 kilometres south of Garibaldi Lake, 15 kilometres northeast of Cheekye and 5 kilometres north of Mount Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada.
2.4 miSE
Natural attraction, Volcano
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, Garibaldi Provincial Park
63 min walk • The Garibaldi Lake volcanic field is a volcanic field, located in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by a group of nine small andesitic stratovolcanoes and basaltic andesite vents in the scenic Garibaldi Lake area immediately north of Mount Garibaldi was formed during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
1.8 miE
Natural attraction, Volcano
Clinker Peak, Garibaldi Provincial Park
47 min walk • Clinker Peak is a peak on the shoulder of Mount Price in the Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is a stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, part of the Clinker Ridge on the west side of Garibaldi Lake.
6.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Volcano
Glacier Pikes, Garibaldi Provincial Park
176 min walk • Glacier Pikes is a Lava dome, located in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. The dome has two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinel Glacier Neve.