Photo: BC Parks Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
BC Parks inside Joffre Lakes Parkwhat to expect
Joffre Lakes Park is famous for its turquoise-blue lakes, jagged peaks, icefields, and cold rushing streams. The park offers stunning views and opportunities for hiking , camping , and climbing . This is an increasingly popular park, so backcountry camping reservations and day-use passes are often required. The Indigenous heritage of this area The area between North Joffre Creek and Cayoosh Pass is known as Pipi7íyekw, meaning a camping place where storage houses were, in the St̓atímcets language. Learn how to pronounce Pipi7íyekw from elder Charlie Mack. Ku̓kwpi7 Skalúlmecw Dean Nelson, Political Chief, Líĺwat Nation, speaks about the significance of the area “Joffre Lakes Park lies within the unceded territories of the Líĺwat Nation and N’Quatqua and is integral to who we are as N’Quatq…
Description: BC Parks
the basics
The campsites
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
- Joffre Lakes Trail
- Northwest Face Route
- Marriot Basin Hiking Trail
- Marriott Basin Trailhead
- Marriott Basin Trailhead
Plus 7 user-tagged viewpoints, 2 user-tagged climbing crags on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
What's around
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park plus 5 named places to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.
Water + services
- Nearest dump station
- Nearest potable water
what to bring
This list adapts to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;
If Joffre Lakes Provincial Park is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Upper Joffre Lake Campground
- Motel 66
- Cayoosh Cabin
- Camp Midnight
- Wendy Thompson Hut (Whistler Section)
- Strawberry Point
- Twin One Creek
- Lillooet Lake Lodge
Plus 2 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.