Hope Pass Trail

Statistics

Entire Trail

Total Distance: 23.5 km (one-way)
Estimated Time: 10 hours
Average Grade: 0.0%
Structure: Linear - One Way
Elevation Gain: Unknown
Start Elevation: 773 m

To Grainger Creek Trail

Total Distance: 6.8 km (one-way)
Estimated Time: 3 hours
Average Grade: 3.2%
Structure: Linear - One Way
Elevation Gain: 220 m
Start Elevation: 773 m
Max Elevation: 993 m

Directions

Follow Highway #3 (Crowsnest Highway) east of Hope and into E.C. Manning Provincial Park. Approximately 43km from Hope, turn right on to a gravel road signed as "Cayuse Flats". The road leads a short distance to a gate - park just before the gate in the nearby gravel parking spots on either side of the road.

The signed trailhead is located on the opposite side of Highway #3.

Details

Ends at Dick's Cabin on Whipsaw Creek FSR.

Start at Cayuse Flats, hike to junction with Grainger Creek Trail, continue north as trail parallels the Skaist River. Once Hope Pass is reached, it is a short hike to Corral Creek on the Whipsaw Road. The Whipsaw Road is radio controlled beware of and yield to logging trucks.

Photographs

GPS Waypoints

Trailhead N49.20618 W120.99852 10U 645784 5452304
End of Road N49.21698 W120.96710 10U 648040 5453566
Eroded Hillside Along Trail N49.22083 W120.96381 10U 648268 5454000
Grainger Creek Trail Junction N49.23938 W120.93434 10U 650357 5456120