Clendinning Park is a remote BC Parks wilderness area about 200 kilometres north of Vancouver. BC Parks describes it as a roadless watershed with ancient forests, tranquil meadows, heavily glaciated peaks, steep granite slabs, hanging valleys, and icefalls.
The park was established as a protected area on October 28, 1996.
Clendinning is for experienced backcountry visitors who can travel self-sufficiently in an isolated environment. BC Parks says the undeveloped watershed offers wilderness backcountry recreation but has no facilities and no developments.
The recreation menu is intentionally spare. Backcountry hiking is permitted, but there are no developed trails. Wildlife viewing is possible, and hunting is permitted during open season under provincial regulations. The park's natural values include important habitat for grizzly bears and black bears, plus a migration corridor for black-tailed deer, goats, wolves, and cougars.
There is also exploration history in the upper Squamish River area. BC Parks notes an 1893 search route into Clendinning Creek and Chilko Creek, and the 1941 first ascent of Mt. Tinniswood by Arthur Dalton.
Plan around self-reliant backcountry hiking, route planning, remote landscape photography, wildlife viewing from a distance, natural-history observation, and seasonal hunting where permitted in ancient forest and meadow terrain.
Bring drinking water because potable water is not available. Access uses Squamish Valley Road and Squamish Forest Service Road, an active radio-controlled logging road where a radio is recommended. Expect no developed trails, facilities, or regular services, and travel with full wilderness equipment.
