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Alice Lake Park
- An all-purpose park with four lakes,
a river, hiking trails, mountain biking trails and a beach. The
397 hectare park centres around Alice Lake. The largest lake of
four - Alice lake is the main lake visited by visitors and locals
for a day of fun.
The Alice Lake area attracts many to the park
because of the designated beach area with a pier, floating dock
and a roped off swimming area on the lake. The lake also neighbours
a campground and a well maintained day use area with picnic tables,
picnic shelters, washrooms, an outdoor amphitheatre and a playground
area.
The Alice Lake beach area is surrounded by
a large grassy field which is usually covered with blankets, families
and sunbathers. In the air frisbees and footballs can be seen zinging,
back and forth, far off in the back end of the grass field. The
sandy beach area also connects to a short walking trail that circles
Alice Lake and leads to another picnic area.
The Alice Lake Provincial Park is also a very popular
destination for hikers and mountain bikers. Inside the park is the
6-8 Km Four Lakes Hiking
Trail - depends on where you start. The trek follows an easy
grade trail leading to Stump, Fawn, Edith and Alice Lake and the
Cheekeye River.
Some of the trails are mountain bike accessible on
the outskirts of the park. The main trail is mostly hiker-friendly
only. Experienced mountain bikers with a good knowledge of the Squamish
area can continue biking deeper into the forest eventually connecting
up to the Cat Lake, Brohm
Lake and Garibaldi Highlands hiking
and biking trails. What a rush!
On the outskirts of the Four Lakes Trail is a good
selection of single track and deactivated road mountain biking trails.
Near Fawn Lake is the "Bob MacIntosh Memorial Trail" and
"Alice Ridge Mountain Biking Trails". South of Edith Lake
is the "Tracks from Hell Trails" and "Mike's Loop".
From the Alice Lake parking lot mountain bikers can enjoy some thrills
on the "Jack's Trail" and "Debecks Hill".
Park Access - Travel north of Squamish,
BC, Canada for 13 Km (7.9 miles) on Hwy 99. From the highway keep
an eye out for the Alice Lake Provincial Park sign on your right
hand side. At the sign turn right and follow the main park road
to the Alice Lake parking lot and day use area.
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