Elfin Lakes

BC, Canada
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Roundtrip: 22.0km
Elevation gain: 600m
High point: 1410m
Time needed: 8 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
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DIRECTIONS: Take Hwy #1. Drive West towards Horseshoe Bay. Take sea-to-sky Hwy to Squamish. It is about 65Km drive. Turn right on Mamquam Road where there is Canadian Tires on north-east corner. Drive about 1.7Km. The road becomes a gravel road. It is well graded with some occasional post holes. Most 2WD cars can handle it without a problem. Drive on this gravel road for 7.8Km. Look then for a turn-off on the left side with a big Garibaldi Park Rd sign. It is likely that you can drive to that turn off in Winter as the altitude there is 600m. Garibaldi Park Road is another 4.7Km to the parking and is a rougher road. It is somehow hard on 2WD but still doable. In winter, you should have chains for the tires. The snow situation can sometimes be even tough on 4x4 vehicles with chains or snowtires. There is a small overflow parking on the side at 2.7Km from the beginning of Garibaldi Park Road which can park and walk the 2Km to the trail head. The altitude at the parking lot is 950m. create
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The road was clear of snow right to the parking lot. All but the last 750m of driving was easy two wheel drive and even in the parking lot were plain sedans. The snow starts on the trail almost immediately but we chose to carry our snowshoes for the first 5km until the Red Heather Hut. Photos attached show inside the Elfin Lakes hut 200m past the Ranger Station. Another photo shows the view towards Watersprite Lake. The last photo shows a small wildfire more here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-burning-squamish-valley-1.5080738 Attached GPS track is the winter route which differs from the summer route.
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