Campsites in many BC Parks can be reserved to prepare for the 2025 spring camping season. Campsites can be reserved four months ahead of the desired arrival. Reservations for the May 2025 long weekend open this week for many BC Parks campgrounds.
Meanwhile, BC Parks continues to repair infrastructure in parks damaged by recent storms. The opening date for camping reservations in Golden Ears Park near Maple Ridge is delayed as several sections of the Golden Ears Parkway are being repaired. The road provides access to all three campgrounds, which are expected to open in spring 2025.
Details about reservations for backcountry camping along the 23-kilometre Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Park near Valemount will also be announced at a later date as work continues to repair and open the last phase of the popular trail that was damaged by extreme weather in 2021. Another significant storm in September 2024 damaged a section of the newly rebuilt trail.
This year, 60 new campsites in three BC Parks are being added to the reservation service. This includes:
30 new campsites with power hookups in Fintry Park near Kelowna;
17 new walk-in sites at Rolley Lake Park near Mission; and
13 new sites (eight park-beside for tent camping and five walk-in) at China Beach Campground in Juan de Fuca Park near Victoria.
At Fintry Park, new flush toilets, upgraded services centres with a dishwashing station, a potable water tap and garbage/recycling containers are part of the $1.5-million campground upgrades. The new $2-million walk-in campground at Rolley Lake Park has a day-use shelter, bike racks, bear-proof storage and picnic tables.
At China Beach Campground, two accessible showers and flush toilets are being constructed and are scheduled to open in May 2025, along with the 13 new campsites.