Berg Lake - Hike in Campsite
ABOUT THE HIKE:
Length: 41.5 km (26 miles) - that’s why it’s best to stay overnight!
Duration: 8-14 hours as a day hike - we camped 6 miles in so we hiked 13 miles to berg and then back 7 miles to get to our campground
Elevation Gain: 800 meters
Difficulty: Difficult because of length
Best Time To Go: July – September
Parking: Kinney Lake Road
Again, it’s very important to book this trail as soon as it goes live!!! You will need to keep checking this website and click on backcountry - Berg Lake - https://bcparks.ca/reservations
It looks like you can book your date 4 months in advance starting at 7 am sharp. If you miss a campsite and are unable to, they also book day hike reservations at 7 am the day before you want to hike. That would be your last option if you can’t get a site. But keep trying!!!!
Now we’re off to HIKE! We had to check in at the visitor center and watch a quick 10 minute video about backcountry camping before we were allowed to start!
FIRST STOP: Making it to Kinney Lake is the first beautiful thing you will see on your hike, it’s a gorgeous blue lake about 4 miles in and 300 meters up. You could also bike to this point, but we did not see many bikers.
After Kinney Lake, you will be more and more impressed! You’ll find yourself in a large valley and you’ll almost think to yourself, am I lost?!?! You’re not!
You’ll gain gradual elevation until you reach the suspension bridge and Whitehorn campground around 6 miles - this is where we stayed and we were able to drop off our heavy bags!! Phew!!
Soon after you will reach The Valley of a Thousand Falls, it’s extremely loud and you can hear the power coming from it!
At the top of the valley, the trail levels out and follows the river to the shores of Berg Lake. We also felt like we were lost here as well, there was no one around!
This is the first trip we filtered are own water and it was super easy! We bought it on Amazon for $75 and it worked great, really anyone can do it, don’t be scared!
Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies at 12,972ft and towers over Berg Lake. The Berg Glacier in the background falls down the side of the mountain and into the lake where it breaks off and forms icebergs. And that’s how it got the name Berg Lake! This is the 12 mile marker! You did it, you arrived!!! Now you either have to have a campground booked here or be ready to turn around and hike back out!! We camped at mile 6, so we had to hike 18 miles in one day. It was long, but definitely doing able!
I hope you enjoyed this adventure! If you need tips or suggestions on any trip you are planning please let me know and I will try and help! The point of this blog is to inspire you to get out there and explore and live! Don’t let the time pass. Many of these things I have tried for the very first time too and it seems overwhelming and scary at first, but I promise you can do it!!!