Sage Randle had been eager to hike Mount Bruce near Invermere, B.C., and earlier this week, the 26-year-old from Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast was finally able to go.
Randle and two friends began their hike around 11 a.m., and reached the summit by early afternoon.
Once there, however, they noticed something else with the view.
“There was a tiny plume of smoke, and at first we were like, ‘Is that a dust storm or is that smoke?'” Randle told host Sarah Penton on CBC’s Radio West.
“Within minutes it was growing huge,” Randle said. “It was like a huge mushroom of smoke and we could see flames … it was so windy up there.
“I was just
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