If you want a good camping vacation and want to find. Princeton BC was not for for the gold found in the late 1880 & # 39; s. You will find Granite city which is now a ghost town. Lots of gold and platinum was found in the area.
Be sure to spend some time exploring the area as the gold miners used hope as a jump of point to the Caribou. As you leave hope you will route route 3 towards Manning Park. After arriving at manning park for a short stop you are only 40 minutes to the camping site.
The park has lots to offer a restaurant, visitor 's booth, restrooms, and park tables on green grass for you to rest. You will find a dog play area as you turn off the highway and enter the park it is just on the right side as you enter. Be sure to pick up after your pet the park supply & # 39; s containers for this.
As you leave the west gate on the highway you will find a gas station with a small store the ice cream cones are extra large. From the west gate you are about 30 minutes to you campsite.
The road changes from four lanes to two lane as you go down the mountain. The campsite is just 30 miles away Watch for the sign Elk Ridge Outdoors on the right hand side of the road if you shoot past The turn in there is a place to turn around just up at the next corner but be very care for on coming traffic as you turn.
If you have the small rig you can go straight and check in at the main house the road is bumpy and the turn around at the house is not very big.
If you have a large rig, take the right hand road and follow it all the way down the side of the ridge. In some places you will be be in be stepped and bumpy with some very tight turns. This is a dirt road be aware of traffic coming up as the road is narrow in some places.
If you are towing a car behind you motor home unhook the car after you turn in to the main campsite road and get your second driver to go ahead of you or drive the car down and get a good look at the road before you take you rig down
The cabins are all new as of 2004. You will find 12 sites along with the river and some set back in There is an over flow around the back of the A-frame.
The showers should be up and running by 2006. They have a large wood fired hot tube just above the beach The scenery is absolutely fabulous you will find gold in various quantities all along the river. All gold hunting must be by hand no power equipment allowed
They are on the net at www dot elkkridge outdoors dot com.
