E.C. Manning Park Located in the Fraser Valley

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E.C. Manning Park

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E.C. Manning Park is a focus of outdoor recreation that is unique in British Columbia. Located in the heart of the Cascade Mountains it is within a three hour drive from either the Lower Mainland of Vancouver or the Okanagan. The climate and geography have combined to make this park an all season recreation area. Bisected by Hwy. 3, Manning Park is one of the most popular destination areas in the province. The landscape diversity of this park combined with four seasons development and easy access are the prime factors which stimulate visitor interest. The park contains a large number of scenic, historic, floral and fauna attractions and provides a wide range of both summer and winter recreational opportunities.
Hope, Princeton
Windy Joe Trail, Hope Pass Trail, Gibson North Trail, Dewdney Trail, Monument 83 Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Similkameen East & West Trails, Poland Lake Trail, Skagit Bluff Trail
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Headwaters Corral behand Manning Park Resort (closed for season Oct. 17, 2011)
To simplify finding information, E.C. Manning Provincial Park is divided into two areas: Frontcountry opportunities along the Highway 3 Corridor are vehicle accessible camping, day use interpretive trails. In July 2011 a new horse camp opened behind Manning Park Resort. Credit goes to the Yarrow Chapter of Back Country Horsemen for spearheading this project. For more information on Headwaters Corral Equestrian Campsite, see the Horse Camping Sites page of the HCBC website. Backcountry and wilderness opportunities include longer hiking trails, horse use and wilderness camping. Park Size is over 70,844 hectares of rugged forest clad mountains, deep valleys, alpine meadows, lakes and rivers. For more information, include current trial conditions, visit the BC Parks website at: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/ecmanning/ Snow on most trails until June or July. Horses are allowed on designated trails only, these include: Monument 83; Dewdney; Hope Pass; Poland Lake; Pacific Crest; Windy Joe; Skagit Bluffs, Similkameen East and West, North Gibson and Little Muddy. Camp only in designated areas. In addition to the new Manning horse camp, horse camps are available at Dewdney and Hope Pass trails. Visitors are requested to carry backpacking stoves and not have open fires. Unless otherwise noted on the trail description all horse camps include a toilet, fire ring, water, hitching rail and grazing. For more information and important visitors notices visit the BC Parks website .
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Bisected by Hwy 3, the park stretches for 58 km from portal to portal. The western portal, marked by the carving of a marmot, is 26 km east of Hope and the eastern portal, marked by a carving of a bear, is 52 km west of Princeton. The core area of the park is located 68 km east of Hope and 68 km west of Princeton.

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Claudia

New corrals posted on: 07 / 26 / 2023

Headwaters campground now has six new corals. Enjoy the space and safety of metal pens! Thanks to BCHBC and HCBC.

Karin Smith

Horse camp posted on: 05 / 31 / 2023

The horse camp is open but not available June 23-25/23 due to upgrades. Installing new double corrals. Also horse camp will not be available August 11-13 due to the FatDog 120 race

Karin Smith

Horse camp posted on: 07 / 22 / 2022

The horse camp is open for the season but it is not available Aug 5-7/22 due to the Fatdog 120 race.

Kim Bryan

Manning park headwaters corral posted on: 10 / 16 / 2015

Just came back from Manning park and have to say I was very disappointed! Nth corrals are falling apart and the trails are mostly impassible! Parks Canada should be ashamed of themselves for the poor upkeep of the trails! It looks as though they have not been maintained in quite some time. Probably since back country horsemen were last up there. Thanks to back country horsemen for building this nice camping area...too bad it is falling into disrepair.

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