Mileage: 20.4km (could be a loop)
Elevation Gain: 775m/2160m
Map: Caltopo, I used THIS map.
Favorite Eats After Hike: Not much up here except the Manning Park resort. Pack a Cooler.
As always, practice Leave No Trace. Pretty Please.
Skyline I is one of the most popular and strenuous full day hikes in E. C. Manning Park, and offers a variety of sights and sounds throughout its hiking season from mid-June to mid-September.
It encompasses a variety of terrains and environmental zones, and on a clear day it offers stunning panoramas. It starts out close to Lightening Lake and climbs up in the woods until you reach the ridge. The further you go, the more rocky the trail is. You don’t have to go far for the views, though!
Skyline 1 is often done as a loop with cars left at both ends, but the additional 3.8 km between the two trailheads can be readily walked, either along the road or along the north section of the Gibson Loop Trail.
The trail is fairly dry so bring plenty of water and don’t forget you camera for all the lovely wildflowers!
Directions: You can start in the Strawberry Flats parking lot or Spruce Bay parking lot down the road from the Lightening Lake campground in Manning Park, B.C.off HWY 3. For more hikes near here, try Paintbrush and Heather Trails Loop, Beaver Pond Nature Trail, Dry Ridge Trail, Windy Joe Lookout or even the Pacific Crest Trail! I visited this area with snow and walked around a frozen Lightning Lake below this trail, you can read about it here.
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