Hope Pass Trail Located in the Fraser Valley

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Hope Pass Trail

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Per Manning Park Trail report of August 6, 2009, Hope Pass Trail is currently closed to horses due to bridge damage. Captain Grant constructed this heritage trail in 1861 to 1862 on the request of the Royal Engineers. The trail commences at Cayuse Flats parking lot elevation 850m, 25km west of the Manning Park Visitor Centre or 17 km east of the west portal and ends at Dicks Cabin.
Hope, Princeton, Manning Park
Cascade Recreation Area trails
23.5 km
1000 m.
10 hrs
49.204338
-120.988349
Yes
Cayuse Flats has 2 pit toilets, parking for 20 vehicles as well as 3 hitching rails.
Wilderness Site: Horse camp - unless otherwise noted includes toilet, fire ring, water, hitching rail and grazing
After leaving the parking lot one follows the Skaist River in a northerly direction. At approximately 6km the trail crosses Grainger Creek where Grainger Creek horse camp is located. There is no grazing available at this horse camp. The Grainger Creek Trail, which is a hiking trail only, travels east to Nicomen Lake. Once you have crossed Grainger Creek you are in the Cascade Recreation Area. Continuing along the Skaist River the Hope Pass Trail goes through some fairly heavy timber and crosses various creeks. A few kms past Grainger Creek you may see signs of a Mountain Beaver Colony and further up the trail keep your eyes open for waterfalls on the west side. Water is plentiful on this trail year round. Km 19 brings you to a viewpoint as well as hitching rails and benches. Skaist Mountain to the north at 22 km is 1950m. in elevation. Marmot City is located just below Hope Pass and is the location of yet another horse camp (Marmot City horse camp). This camp has limited water and feed during the later part of a hot summer. The Hope Pass, elevation 1839m, is the divide of the Whipsaw Creek and Skaist River. From Marmot City you can travel north a further 1.5km to Dick's Cabin or continue in an easterly direction along the Hope Pass Trail and down Whipsaw Creek on a 24km logging road. From Dick's Cabin you can return the way you came or follow the Dewdney Trail west to the Cascade Recreation parking lot via Paradise Valley, a distance of 36km, and then take the Skagit Bluff Trail to Cayuse Flats. The Skagit Bluff Trail is 5.6km.
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The trail commences at Cayuse Flats parking lot (elevation 850m) in Manning Park, 25km west of the Manning Park Visitor Centre. Cayuse Flats has 2 pit toilets, parking for 20 vehicles as well as 3 hitching rails. 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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rose Schroeder

Hope Pass Trail posted on: 06 / 04 / 2018

Hope Pass trail starts across Highway #3 from the Cayuse Flats parking area. Usually can't cross Skaist creek until freshet is over. As of June 1, 2018 the trail was clear of windfall to Grainger Creek Camp. This trail is easy once you get past Skaist Creek and onto the old logging road. Can easily be done to Grainger Camp and back in a day ride.

Rose Schroeder

Hope Pass Trail posted on: 09 / 11 / 2009

Parks has closed the the Hope Pass Trail to equestrian traffic. There are a number of small bridges that need replacing and are not safe to cross by horseback.

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