| Name: Elfin Lakes - Family-friendly Summer Camp |
| Starts: Fri Jul 24, 2026 10:00 |
| Return: Mon Jul 27, 2026 16:00 |
| Registration opens: Thu Feb 12, 2026 |
| Event category: Hiking |
| Difficulty grade: B2 [?] |
| For members only: Yes |
| Screening used: Yes |
| Max participants: 20 |
Organizer: Shashi Shanbhag  |
| Profile info: |
Are you participating as an individual or as a family? How many members?
Does everyone in your group have the fitness to hike up and down to Elfin Lakes?
Are you planning to join this trip for the entire period July 24-27 or for a shorter period?
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Elfin Lakes Hut. Photo Source: BC Parks
Dates - July 24 (Fri) - July 27 (Mon), 2026
Planning for a 3 night/4 day trip to Elfin Lakes in Garibaldi Provincial Park. This will be a family friendly event, but all members are welcome to join. There are different hiking objectives in the area for individuals with varying experience/skill/fitness levels. e.g. Gargoyles, Columnar Peak, Opal Cone and Mamquam Lake.
Elfin Lakes Trail -
https://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/elfin-lakes/
(22 km round trip with 850 m+ of cumulative elevation gain)
Elfin Lakes Shelter Booking: Individuals will be responsible for their own reservation at the Elfin Lakes Shelter for July 24-27 period. Once you have shared the shelter (or tent) reservation, your participation on this trip will be confirmed. There are 33 spots available in the shelter (11 double bunks, 11 single). If you are not able to reserve a bunk bed in the shelter, you can book one of the tent sites (35). Booking is on a rolling three month window. So for us, we will have to login to BC Parks reservation site at 7 am on Apr 24, 2026 and make the booking. I will send a reminder to everyone who signs up.
https://bcparks.ca/reservations/backcountry-camping/shelters/#elfin-lakes-shelter-reservations
All adults and youth joining this trip should have BCMC Membership. The Non-Members you might see in the participant list below are youth members whose applications are still being processed.
Garibaldi Provincial Park is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Lil̓wat7úl (Lil’wat) Nations. The primary mountain within the park, Mount Garibaldi, is known to the Squamish Nation as Nch’ḵay̓ (pronounced in-ch-KAY), which means "dirty place" or "grimy one," referring to the volcanic debris in the Cheekye River.
