Hope Pass Trail - Manning Park Located in the Fraser Valley

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Hope Pass Trail - Manning Park

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Starting at Cayuse Flats the Hope Pass trail follows the Skaist River to the Whipsaw FSR and Dick's cabin. Built in 1861 by the Royal Engineers it served as the main commerce route between Hope and Princeton for eighty years. The trail is rated as difficult. Skagit Bluffs trail is closed to horses.
Hope, Princeton, Manning Park
Manning Park 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. Grainger Creek and Marmot City. Headwaters Corral behind Manning Park Resort has horse camping with corrals. Backcountry camping requires a permit. Go to BC Parks website for more information.
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. Continuing along the Skaist River the Hope Pass Trail goes through some fairly heavy timber and crosses various creeks. 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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Parking is across highway 3 from the trailhead. After an immediate junction with Skagit Bluff trail leading io the Cascade parking lot, the trail turns right and crosses the Skaist River. Horses must ford the river north of the bridge. After 6 km it crosses over the Grainger Creek at the Grainger Creek backcountry camp and trailhead. From Whipsaw Creek FSR: Access 14 km west of Princeton on HWY 3. Follow Whipsaw road for 18 km and stay left until 23.7 km where trailhead is located. Last 2 km is very rough 4x4 road.

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Linda

Updated January 2025 posted on: 01 / 05 / 2025

Information updated January 2025 from BC Parks website and additional internet resources. If you have ridden any of the trails in this area, have additional info or there requires an edit or you have photos please submit to help keep this record accurate. Thank you in advance. Maps are posted in the uploads/download tab.

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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