Wrinkly Face Provincial Park
provincial park50.039, -119.308
Wrinkly Face Provincial Park offers hiking, horseback riding, and climbing.
Don't leave without...
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Climbing
- Hunting
Overview
A provincial park accessible by parking off Beaver Lake Road and hiking the High Rim Trail.
Quick Facts
- Type
- provincial park
- Coordinates
- 50.0386, -119.3080
What you can do here
- Hiking
Good to know
- Getting there & parking
The approach trail is located just north-east of Winfield, at the south-west end of Long Mountain, south of Vernon. The park is accessed via the Beaver Main Forest Service Road. From Highway 97 follow Beaver Lake Road for about 12 km to the High Rim trail head. Hike north about one hour to the park.
- Facilities
Campfires are not permitted.
- Rules
Hunting regulations — The discharge and carrying of firearms is permitted in this park for the purposes of hunting during open season.
More details
- Biogeoclimatic Zones
- The park protects representations of the Biogeoclimatic Zones interior cedar-hemlock and interior Douglas fir.
- Flora
- Five red-listed and blue-listed vascular plants are known to occur including red-listed Obscure Cryptantha and Needleleaved Navarretia as well as blue-listed Northern Linanthus, False-mermaid and Awned Cyperus squarrosus.
- Hiking
- There are several well-defined hiking trails in this park. For your own safety and preservation of the park, obey posted signs and keep to designated trails. Shortcutting trails destroys plant life and soil structure.
- Horseback riding
- The High Rim Trail through the park is open to horses. Please stay on designated trails.
- Hunting
- The discharge and carrying of firearms is permitted in this park for the purposes of hunting during open season. Please consult the BC Government Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis for more information. Contact BC Parks at parkinfo@gov.bc.ca with any specific questions.
Special notes
- Motorized vehicles
- Motorized vehicles are not permitted in the park.
Getting there
- Approach trail location
- The approach trail is located just north-east of Winfield, at the south-west end of Long Mountain, south of Vernon.
- Access road
- The park is accessed via the Beaver Main Forest Service Road.
- Directions from Highway 97
- From Highway 97 follow Beaver Lake Road for about 12 km to the High Rim trail head. Hike north about one hour to the park.
Things to do
- Hiking trails
- There are several well-defined hiking trails in this park.
- Horseback riding
- The High Rim Trail through the park is open to horses.
- Climbing opportunities
- The basalt columns on the south west side of the cliff offer mountaineering opportunities for experienced climbers.