Mount Revelstoke National Park Park

Address: Mount Revelstoke National Park, Revelstoke area, British Columbia, Canada

Website: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/revelstoke

Hours: Park open year-round; visitor centre seasonal (see website)

Admission: Parks Canada entry fees apply (single-day or Discovery Pass)

Mount Revelstoke National Park is a protected area in British Columbia established in the early 20th century to conserve the mountain and forest landscapes near Revelstoke. The park protects a sequence of low-elevation rainforest, subalpine meadows, and alpine ridgelines on the eastern edge of the Columbia Mountains.

Visitors use a scenic ascent road to reach high-elevation viewpoints and short hiking trails that cross open meadows and ridgelines, with wildflowers in summer and vivid colours in autumn. The park also contains accessible old-growth cedar groves reached by boardwalks and short trails.

The park was created to protect the local mountain environment and has since been managed for both conservation and day-use recreation. Facilities are focused around the main access road and a few maintained trailheads and picnic areas.

Geographically, the park sits immediately west of the city of Revelstoke and occupies slopes rising from the Columbia River valley into the Columbia Mountains, offering direct access from the Trans-Canada corridor.

• Establishment: One of Canada’s older national parks, it was established to protect the mountain landscapes and forest ecosystems around the Revelstoke area.
• Best season: Alpine meadows bloom in summer and provide the park’s signature high-elevation scenery; the Parkway is the primary seasonal access route to those meadows.

What to See#

• Meadows in the Sky Parkway: A scenic road that climbs from near the park entrance into subalpine meadows and provides access to short trails and panoramic viewpoints at higher elevation.
• Giant Cedars boardwalk: A short boardwalk through an inland old-growth cedar stand that showcases large, ancient trees and is accessible from a low-elevation trailhead.

Mount Revelstoke National Park is reached from the town of Revelstoke via the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1). The park entrance and the start of the Meadows in the Sky Parkway are a few kilometres east of downtown Revelstoke, a short 5-10 minute drive from the town centre.

There is no frequent intercity rail directly into the park; most visitors arrive by car on Highway 1 from Revelstoke or by driving from nearby communities and then follow park signage to trailheads and viewpoints.

• Drive the Meadows in the Sky Parkway early in the morning (road is seasonal) to reach the alpine meadows and viewpoints before tour vehicles and RVs arrive - the summit-area parking gives access to short alpine trails that many day-trippers skip.
• Enter via Revelstoke (Trans‑Canada Highway) and stop first at the park's visitor centre for current trail and road conditions; trailheads off the Parkway lead to quieter alpine loops, so plan to do one short hike rather than just the viewpoint.
• If the Parkway is closed for the season, focus on lower-elevation trails near the highway and check for recent avalanche-mitigation or road‑maintenance notices - services and access are concentrated around Revelstoke so time your visit to daylight hours.