Mehatl Creek Park is a remote wilderness park reached from Boston Bar and North Bend by following the Nahatlatch Forest Service Road through Nahatlatch Park. BC Parks says the route continues about 48 kilometres to Mehatl Creek Park.
The park is undeveloped, isolated, not regularly patrolled, and has no signposts or trail guides.
Mehatl Creek Park is for experienced wilderness travellers who want alpine ridges, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest, waterfalls, cascades, and quiet backcountry. In summer, visitors can hike toward Mehatl Falls in a subalpine bowl or follow the creek trail to Mehatl Cascades.
BC Parks lists an established trail from the west end of Nahatlatch Park along the creek to Mehatl Cascades, about three kilometres long. Beyond that, there are no marked hiking trails, and travel requires route-finding, fitness, and often bushwhacking before reaching alpine terrain. The park also protects old-growth-dependent wildlife habitat, chinook, bull trout, and rainbow trout spawning and rearing habitat below the falls, and harlequin duck breeding and nesting habitat.
Hike to Mehatl Cascades, plan advanced alpine routes, photograph waterfalls and ridges, fish for trout below the falls with the proper licence, kayak extreme whitewater only with expert skills, watch wildlife, and hunt during open seasons where permitted.
Be totally self-sufficient. Cache food properly, make noise where bears may be present, bring navigation and emergency gear, expect no patrols or signs, keep pets leashed, and treat the access road as remote industrial backcountry travel. Turn around early if road or creek conditions deteriorate.
