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South Chilcotin Mountains Park
South Chilcotin Mountains (SCM) Park
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Horse rider-friendly trails and camping keep improving
NEW HORSE CAMP!
In 2020, the park management laid out a new horse camp at the Tyaughton Creek Trail and Spruce Lake Trail intersection, in big grassy meadows alongside the creek. The ride in from your rig at the Tyax Creek Trail Head is about 4 hours. This horse camp location is the perfect base for day rides to Spruce Lake or up Tyax Creek to the Deer Pass Junction.
Other trail heads into the SCM Park and Big Creek Park * The Big Creek Trail Head coming in from the north from Williams Lake. * The Jewel Bridge trail head on the south end of the SCM Park. * The Gun Creek trail head, east of Jewel Bridge, the south entrance to the SCM Park.
Other Horse Camps in the SCM Park
The campsite at Chilcotin Holidays at the Gun Creek Trail Head. This is a great place to do rig rides from. You can access all the trails to the Eldorado Mountain Range. Want to stay overnight in the mountains? You can also book one of our back-country mountain cabins! Take a look at our accommodation website: www.accommodation-brv.com.
Cowboy Camp, south of the Spruce Lake side hills, has great access to Spruce Lake, Mount Sheba, Trigger, Hummingbird and Warner Lakes.
The Deer Pass Junction camp is located on Tyax Creek with big meadows for grazing. From here you can access Elbow Pass, Mount Sheba and Mount Relay.
Trigger Lake is south of Mount Sheba and ties in well for a real back country circle tour, visiting Spruce Lake and Deer Pass.
East of the SCM Park, in the Shulaps Range, Marshall Lake is a good pull through camping area on the edge of the lake. From here you can access the south side of the Shulaps Range.
Conservation & Stewardship
Using the horse trails responsibly also means that we look after the overall environment. Did you see any wildlife on the trail? Fill in the online wildlife sighting form on the Chilcotin Ark Institute website (www.chilcotinarkinstitute.com) to contribute to wildlife data collection and proper management.
GET BACK TO NATURE IN THE CHILCOTIN MOUNTAINS
• Ranch cabin rentals • Ranch campsite rentals • Alpine meadow cabin rentals • 1000 kms of horse trails (guided rentals or bring your own)
