Manning Provincial Park

A Mountain Park In The Cascade Range On The Hope Princeton Highway, With Alpine Meadows At Lightning Lakes, The Frosty Mountain Larches, A Pacific Crest Trail Terminus, A Ski Area And A Lodge. Famed For Summer Wildflowers, Autumn Larch Colour And Winter Cross Country Skiing · Manning Park, British Columbia

E.C. Manning Provincial Park is a mountain park in the Cascade range on Highway 3, about 70 km east of Hope and some 220 km east of Vancouver (confirm distances). The Hope-Princeton highway climbs through dense forest to subalpine meadows, a chain of small lakes and the base of a ski area, with a resort beside the highway and a visitor centre close by. Summer visitors come for wildflowers on the Heather Trail and Blackwall Peak, canoeing on Lightning Lake and the tall gold larch trees of Frosty Mountain in early autumn. The northern end of the Pacific Crest Trail lies near the highway, and in winter the park is a centre for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Weather is changeable, snow can fall in any month at height, and winter tyre rules apply on Highway 3 (confirm dates). A visitor centre near the resort can advise on trail conditions, bear activity and which routes suit your fitness, and Highway 3 links the park with Hope and Princeton.

E.C. Manning Provincial Park on Highway 3 about 70 km east of Hope and 220 km east of Vancouver, with a resort at Manning Park Lodge; coordinates approximate, Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

The park is open all year, but services follow the season. The visitor centre keeps daily hours in summer and reduced hours at other times, while campgrounds usually run from about late spring to early autumn (confirm dates). The Blackwall Peak road opens only when the snow clears, normally from early July, and closes again in autumn. Skiing and snowshoeing run from about December to March, depending on snow. Highway 3 stays open through the winter, though storms can close it for short periods, and winter tyre rules apply on this route from autumn to spring.

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