Tuya Mountains Park

Highlights in this park

The primary role of Tuya Mountains Park is to conserve an internationally significant, rare volcanic subglacial landform, a tuya, in a spectacular alpine tundra mountain landscape. The park protects vulnerable plant communities including fragile tundra vegetation, of provincial significance.

In addition, the park protects extremely high quality caribou and grizzly bear habitat as well as important arctic grayling population in Butte Lake. The park offers recreational opportunities such as hiking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking.

Know before you go

Advisories

Safety information

Proper gear, transportation arrangements and NTS maps are prerequisites. There are no supplies of any kind in Tuya Mountains Park. Suitable clothing should be worn and proper equipment carried. Visitors should be in possession of appropriate maps. Those who wish to register their whereabouts should do so with a responsible person or agency. This information should include estimated departure and return times.

High costs to government and putting others in potential danger are two great reasons for you to have a satellite communication device when recreating in the backcountry. A satellite communication device will allow you to alert others to an emergency situation or if you are overdue at your destination. This equipment is an essential part of your survival kit, and should be compatible with your activities and location.

Review the detailed guides under visit responsibly for more information on staying safe and preserving our natural spaces.

Visit responsibly

Follow these guides to ensure your activities are safe, respectful, and ecologically friendly:

Maps and location

Location Map

Getting there

Tuya Mountains Park is located about 90 kilometres south of the Yukon border and 75 kilometres northwest of Dease Lake. This remote park cannot be reached by road or boat. Foot access requires a journey of several days. Float plane and helicopter travel from Dease Lake is the usual means of access to the park.

Things to do

Hunting

Hunting is permitted in this park.

Anyone hunting in British Columbia must comply with BC hunting regulations. To learn more, see the fishing and hunting guide.

About this park

Cultural Heritage

The park lies within asserted traditional territories of the Tahltan First Nation, the Kaska Dene First Nation and the Teslin Tlingit First Nation.

Conservation

Protects an internationally significant tuya (subglacial volcano) landform, one of the rarest volcanic landforms in the world. Tuya Butte is regarded as among the best examples of this landform outside Iceland and Antarctica. Also protects the headwaters of Tuya River including lakes, alpine tundra and a wildlife movement corridor. The park’s alpine tundra provides habitat for caribou, wolf and grizzly bears.

Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

BC Parks honours Indigenous Peoples’ connection to the land and respects the importance of their diverse teachings, traditions, and practices within these territories. This park webpage may not adequately represent the full history of this park and the connection of Indigenous Peoples to this land. We are working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to update our websites so that they better reflect the history and cultures of these special places.

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