Plan Pukeashun Park in the Shuswap Uplands with remote hiking, Grizzly Lake fishing, wilderness camping, wildlife awareness, winter travel, and no facilities.
Pukeashun Park is a remote Shuswap Uplands park, 30 kilometres from Scotch Creek and 93 kilometres from Kamloops. BC Parks says it has no campgrounds, maintained trails, or other facilities.
Access is by travelling about 40 kilometres up Road 670 off the Squilax-Anglemont highway, and winter access may be impossible. Late summer and early fall usually bring better hiking conditions after the wet trail has had time to dry.
Why Visit Pukeashun Park
Pukeashun is for self-sufficient visitors seeking remote hiking, wilderness camping, wildlife viewing, and a quieter mountain landscape. The park protects forested slopes, rolling alpine and subalpine terrain, a high-elevation pass, alpine tundra, and large wetlands in the Grizzly Lake valley with old-growth spruce and subalpine fir.
Grizzly Lake is the main named destination. BC Parks describes it as a valley-bottom lake with a modest native rainbow trout fishery and recommends a carry-in vessel, such as an inflatable raft or kayak, for anglers.
Things To Do
Follow the user-established trail to Grizzly Lake, camp in a wilderness setting, fish with the proper licence, watch for wildlife without expecting viewing platforms, hunt during open seasons where regulations allow, and use the area for winter recreation such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or snowmobiling.
Planning Notes
There are no designated trails, and BC Parks asks hikers to stay on the established route to Grizzly Lake. Horseback riding is allowed but not recommended because of rugged terrain and wildlife-conflict risk. Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, caribou, moose, and mountain goats use the area. Drones and harvesting are not allowed without permission or authority.