Rostrum Falls

Turn off the Trans-Canada Highway on Donald Road (signed for the town of Donald), then after a kilometer, turn left onto the Bush River FSR. Follow the Bush River Road for 63km then turn right onto the Valenciennes River FSR shortly after crossing the Valenciennes River. Follow the Valenciennes Road for 18km then bear left onto the Mons Creek - Icefall FSR and follow it for another 5km to Arras Cascade on the right (uphill). Rostrum Falls can be seen across the valley, immediately below Bush and Icefall Peaks. The road network in this area is not frequently maintained and can be rough. High clearance vehicles with 4wd capabilities are recommended.A series of modest glaciers occupy the northern slopes of Rostrum Peak, Bush Peak and Icefall Peak, all of which drain into the Rostrum Brook valley. The largest of these glaciers also happens to terminate at the highest point above the valley and in doing so, its melt waters are sent cascading down the mountainside for about 1200 vertical feet. The falls are split into two distinct leaps, the upper dropping about 650 feet and the lower standing about 350 feet, with a series of cascades in between making up the remaining 200 feet. The adjacent glaciers also produce parallel waterfalls streaming into the valley, but due to the distance involved and the side-on angle of view from the Icefall Brook FSR, they are hard to appreciate and even harder to gauge the significance of.