Greenbush Lake Protected Area was established to protect important grizzly bear and mountain caribou habitat. The area also protects a good representation of old growth cedar, hemlock, spruce and subalpine fir found at mid to high elevation. Recreation opportunities include fishing, backcountry skiing and heli-skiing as well as nature appreciation.
Park Size: 2820 hectares
Blanket Glacier Chalet operates a winter-use lodge just east of the Protected Area boundary. From here, self contained skiers can tour into and around the Protected Area.
Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) operates numerous heli-skiing operations in British Columbia including CMH Revelstoke which runs trips into the Monashee mountains including Greenbush Protected Area.
Rainbow trout and dolly varden, some as big as 4.5 pounds, are caught in Greenbush Lake. Anyone fishing or angling in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence.
Hunting is allowed in the protected area. Please check the BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations for more details.
Greenbush Lake is located 124 km north of Vernon. Take Hwy 97 to Vernon, then go east on Hwy 6 from for 47 km, through Lumby to Cherryville. At Cherryville, turn north onto Sugar Lake Road. Follow until the paved road ends becoming the gravel Sugar Lake Forest Service Road. Follow past Sugar Lake and along the Shuswap River for 53 km to the protected area. The Forest Service Recreation Site on the northwest side of Greenbush lake is just outside the protected area which surrounds it on the north, east and south sides. The recreation site provides the main access into the protected area.
The closest communities, towns and cities are Cherryville, Lumby and Vernon.
In the winter, backcountry skiers fly by helicopter to Blanket Glacier Chalet, located just east of the Protected Area. The Chalet commissions these flights from Revelstoke. As well, heli-skiing trips in the Protected Area are provided by CMH Revelstoke.
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