We departed Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park in northern British Columbia and headed south on the Alaska Highway ending up wherever. We crossed the 25 meter (94 foot) tall Lower Liard River Suspension Bridge which is one of the six “special” crossings on the Alaska Highway and the only suspension bridge on that highway. We continued on with beautiful scenery and beautiful weather.
Every so often we passed another sign of some kind of wildlife. A different sign every 20km or so. We then saw some dirt and dust up ahead and as we got closer we realized it was a bison heading down the road kicking up lots of dust. And yes that bison is wearing a radio collar. Then we came across 5 or 6 caribou which crossed the road in front of us.
It was about a 45 minute drive to Muncho Lake Provincial Park. The park has two campgrounds and we stayed in one of them years ago. We stopped at some of the viewpoints and enjoyed the scenery and moved on further south.
We had stopped on a previous trip but never camped at Summit Lake Campground which is part of Stone Mountain Provincial Park. I have been wanting to camp there ever since. Well this time we did. Our new rule of thumb is to depart our campground early in the morning, drive a short distance to our next campground, and then pick a great site. We discovered that many of the north’s campgrounds are first come first serve and the best way to snag a site is get there early. We rolled into Summit Lake Campground before 11am and had multiple sites to choose from. By late in the afternoon most of the sites were filled.
Campground: Stone Mountain Provincial Park – Summit Lake Campground
Location: Summit Lake, British Columbia
Site: 12 (back-in)
Cost: $20 (CAD)
Services: dry camping
Comments: A small, beautiful campground right on Summit Lake with fantastic views and lots of hiking trails (with problem bears)!
The campground has 28 sites all of which are first come first serve. There are a handful of sites which are along the lake with great views. The Flower Spring Lakes hiking trail starts in the campground and there are a number of other hiking trails nearby.
Summit Lake sits just east of Summit Pass which is the highest point on the Alaska Highway at 1,300 meters (4,250 feet). It is a great lake for canoeing/kayaking and fishing. The lake is stocked with rainbow and lake trout. We had a beautiful view from our campsite and a very pleasant time. It was a terrific place to camp and of course, we had fantastic weather.
Gorgeous lake! You certainly got a spectacular site.
We sure did. Our new rule – We leave our campground early so we can get to the next campground very early and snag a great site. It seemed to be the motto of our trip!