South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park, Provincial park in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Canada

South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park is a large protected area in British Columbia featuring mountains, alpine meadows, grasslands, and glacial lakes. The park contains more than 170 kilometers of hiking trails that wind through different elevations and habitats.

South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park was established on April 18, 2001, when it was carved out of a portion of the Spruce Lake Protected Area. The park spans 56,796 hectares on the traditional territories of the Tsilhqot'in, St'at'imc, and Secwepemc Nations.

Three Indigenous Nations - the Tsilhqot'in, St'at'imc, and Secwepemc - have long gathered plants and resources from these lands for food and medicine. This deep connection to the region remains part of how people understand and value the place today.

Access to the park is through logging roads that require high-clearance vehicles to reach the starting points for hikes. It helps to check road conditions ahead of time and prepare for more remote and rugged terrain.

The park protects seven of British Columbia's thirteen forested biogeoclimatic zones, from dry Interior Douglas-fir to alpine tundra, which covers about 60% of the area with permanent snow, glaciers and bare rock. Its valleys hold old-growth spruce and pine forests, and more than 125 endemic wildflower species bloom in the meadows.