Gray Creek Pass Summit Elevation at highest point of the TCT in British Columbia: 2053 metres above sea level. images/icon-1.png Parking: Kimberley Nature Park (South) images/icon-2.png Parking: Kimberley Nature Park (North) images/icon-2.png Toilet: Oliver Lake images/icon-3.png Toilet: Riverside images/icon-3.png Camp: Cedar Grove Info as of July 2019: Tenting available (note, there is a report that the tent site is not adequate), $25/night (as of 2013. Rates unknown as of 2019). Rain tarps available - inquire at the office. Amenities include public beach, clean washrooms, showers, laundry, playground and WIFI. www.cedargrovecampground.com (http://www.cedargrovecampground.com) For latest up to date info, visit https://www.facebook.com/cedargrovecampground 15060 Highway 3A Gray Creek, BC V0B 1S0 GPS: N 49.6216 W 116.7885 (250) 227-9492, Toll Free: 1-866-694-9492 Email: cedargrove@theeastshore.net images/icon-4.png Camp: Lakeview Marina & Campground Info as of July 2019: http://kootenaylakeview.com/ Tenting $32/night on the lakeshore, private Free showers images/icon-4.png Camp: Oliver Lake Recreation Site Info as of July 2019: http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/search/search-result.aspx?site=REC5221&districtCode=RDKB&type=Site Rec Site #:REC5221 Type:Maintained Fees:None Campsites:0 Access:Road Facilities:Tables Toilets Site Description:This is a small site located in a scenic alpine basin with a shallow lake. There is a short trail on the east side of the road to the shallow lake and around it. Acess can also be gained to the surrounding ridges, although there are no developed trails. images/icon-4.png Camp: Redding Creek FSR (Wilderness) Info as of July 2019: Unofficial site. A common camping spot for RVs and travellers heading to/from Gray Creek Pass. No facilities, wilderness camping. Use at your own risk. images/icon-4.png Camp: Kimberley Riverside Campground Info as of July 2019: https://www.kimberleycampground.com Kimberley Riverside Campground PO Box 465 Kimberley, BC V1A 3B9 Phone: 250.427.2929 Toll Free: 1.877.999.2929 Fax: 250.427.2917 Email: info@kimberleycampground.com The Kimberley Riverside Campground is owned by the City of Kimberley and is fully operated by the Kimberley Community Development Society (KCDS) as a non-profit organization. Spring and Fall rates: Non Service & Tenting $28/night + GST Peak Season Rates: Non Service & Tenting $30/night + GST images/icon-4.png Grocery: Gray Creek (Lakeview Grocery & Gas) The Lakeview began as a campsite for workers building Highway 3A in the late 1920's. It continues to serve as a hub for the community with a gas bar, a fully stocked grocery including local foods, a liquor outlet and post office. The original wooden water wheel can still be viewed near the highway. images/icon-5.png TCT Multi-Use: Gray Creek to Gray Creek Pass (17.8 km) Please note that Gray Creek Pass is often snowed in and closed from October until July. Landslides can occur and close the road at any time. For the latest conditions over Gray Creek Pass, please visit: http://graycreekstore.com/news Please travel carefully! Take note of the long climb ahead: Eastbound: average of nearly 9% grade for 17 km from Kootenay Lake up to Gray Creek Pass, Westbound: average of nearly 6% grade for 12 km from Parker's Creek to Gray Creek Pass. The history of the route over Gray Creek Pass goes back to the early 1950s, when Cominco (now Teck Metals) built a power line over the Pass in order to supply electricity to the Bluebell mine, located about 16 kilometres north of Gray Creek (as the crow flies) in the small community of Riondel. Power lines were also strung across Kootenay Lake as part of supplying electricity to the mine. Cominco employees who had relocated from Kimberley to Riondel were keen to have a shorter route back to the East Kootenay, and at the time two roads were considered – one over Gray Creek Pass, and one over Rose Pass to the north. It wasn't until the late 1980s, when the push for a backcountry route finally gathered momentum - but Rose Pass would have required a three-mile tunnel so that idea was abandoned. Gray Creek Pass was finally completed in the 1990s as a joint effort between the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Forests. It was officially opened in July 1990. Since, the powerline has been abandoned - but the road remains a popular route for visitors to the area, particularly amongst RV enthusiasts. Curiously, publicity about the route draws many German tourists to the Pass each year. Over the past years, all of the wooden bridges have been replaced with concrete structures. 582.99 572.99 664.01 553.0 551.99 555.01 555.01 555.01 554.0 554.0 555.01 561.01 564.0 564.0 564.0 564.0 564.0 564.0 565.01 565.01 566.99 566.99 566.99 566.99 585.0 608.02 617.01 608.99 613.99 613.99 623.99 623.99 644.99 649.99 642.0 639.99 644.01 649.01 653.0 652.0 657.0 659.01 654.01 654.01 653.0 657.0 657.0 657.0 657.0 657.0 659.01 659.01 659.01 659.01 659.01 659.01 659.01 815.0 815.0 815.0 815.0 815.0 815.0 815.0 810.01 806.99 806.99 806.99 795.99 759.99 759.99 762.0 767.0 777.0 783.0 786.99 780.99 781.99 790.01 790.01 788.0 794.0 801.99 806.01 812.99 814.0 819.0 821.01 825.0 826.01 832.01 836.01 837.99 842.01 845.0 848.01 848.01 851.0 858.99 874.01 872.0 879.99 885.99 887.0 887.0 892.0 897.0 899.01 900.99 908.0 908.0 915.01 920.01 920.01 924.0 931.99 936.01 941.01 944.0 950.0 957.01 958.99 963.99 970.0 978.01 981.0 986.0 992.0 998.01 1002.0 1007.0 1013.0 1018.0 1020.99 1030.99 1028.0 1036.02 1036.99 1045.01 1046.01 1050.01 1056.01 1062.99 1067.01 1072.01 1077.99 1081.0 1088.01 1088.01 1092.01 1097.01 1106.0 1109.99 1114.01 1115.99 1122.0 1124.01 1129.01 1127.0 1130.99 1138.0 1143.0 1148.0 1145.01 1149.0 1154.0 1155.01 1156.99 1166.99 1164.0 1164.0 1164.0 1175.0 1176.99 1179.0 1182.99 1187.01 1192.01 1193.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1200.0 1202.01 1207.01 1208.99 1216.0 1217.01 1216.0 1217.01 1216.0 1216.0 1217.01 1218.01 1218.99 1221.0 1221.0 1223.99 1224.99 1232.0 1232.0 1239.01 1237.0 1244.99 1239.99 1239.99 1242.0 1244.01 1249.01 1252.0 1252.0 1255.01 1255.01 1259.01 1260.01 1260.01 1260.99 1265.01 1265.01 1268.0 1273.0 1276.99 1279.0 1281.99 1285.01 1285.01 1286.01 1286.99 1291.99 1295.0 1295.0 1304.0 1308.99 1308.99 1308.99 1313.99 1321.0 1323.99 1327.01 1329.99 1333.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1352.0 1358.01 1359.99 1367.0 1372.0 1374.01 1380.01 1385.01 1390.01 1393.0 1396.01 1396.01 1395.01 1396.01 1401.01 1404.0 1412.99 1421.01 1422.99 1425.0 1425.0 1428.99 1433.99 1442.01 1443.99 1445.0 1447.01 1448.01 1448.01 1448.01 1448.01 1448.01 1448.01 1452.01 1453.99 1456.0 1457.01 1457.01 1457.01 1458.01 1458.99 1458.99 1459.99 1461.0 1461.0 1462.0 1463.98 1469.01 1471.0 1471.0 1474.01 1474.01 1474.01 1490.01 1499.01 1505.01 1510.98 1515.01 1518.0 1525.01 1527.99 1531.99 1537.02 1539.0 1542.01 1542.99 1548.99 1548.99 1551.01 1551.01 1552.01 1552.01 1552.99 1552.99 1556.0 1562.01 1565.0 1565.0 1568.01 1571.0 1579.99 1589.99 1598.01 1599.99 1604.99 1612.0 1612.0 1613.0 1615.01 1652.99 1652.99 1652.99 1652.99 1656.01 1673.99 1676.0 1680.0 1680.0 1686.0 1699.99 1712.0 1714.01 1719.01 1719.01 1722.0 1724.01 1728.0 1732.0 1735.99 1740.01 1740.01 1745.01 1748.0 1760.01 1760.01 1782.99 1782.99 1780.0 1783.99 1783.99 1783.99 1830.99 1838.01 1842.0 1848.0 1853.0 1859.01 1860.01 1860.01 1860.01 1886.01 1889.0 1924.99 1924.99 1924.99 1924.99 1949.01 1959.99 1960.99 1965.99 1965.99 1967.0 1967.0 1967.0 1971.99 1981.99 1983.0 1988.0 1993.0 1994.0 1996.01 2000.01 2026.01 2021.01 2022.01 2022.99 2028.99 2028.99 2043.99 2048.99 2053.99 2057.0 2074.01 2072.0 2073.01 2073.01 TCT Multi-Use: Gray Creek Pass to Mount Bonner (28.6 km) Please note that Gray Creek Pass is often snowed in and closed from October until July. Landslides can occur and close the road at any time. For the latest conditions over Gray Creek Pass, please visit: http://graycreekstore.com/news Please travel carefully! Take note of the long climb ahead: Eastbound: average of nearly 9% grade for 17 km from Kootenay Lake up to Gray Creek Pass, Westbound: average of nearly 6% grade for 12 km from Parker's Creek to Gray Creek Pass. The history of the route over Gray Creek Pass goes back to the early 1950s, when Cominco (now Teck Metals) built a power line over the Pass in order to supply electricity to the Bluebell mine, located about 16 kilometres north of Gray Creek (as the crow flies) in the small community of Riondel. Power lines were also strung across Kootenay Lake as part of supplying electricity to the mine. Cominco employees who had relocated from Kimberley to Riondel were keen to have a shorter route back to the East Kootenay, and at the time two roads were considered – one over Gray Creek Pass, and one over Rose Pass to the north. It wasn't until the late 1980s, when the push for a backcountry route finally gathered momentum - but Rose Pass would have required a three-mile tunnel so that idea was abandoned. Gray Creek Pass was finally completed in the 1990s as a joint effort between the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Forests. It was officially opened in July 1990. Since, the powerline has been abandoned - but the road remains a popular route for visitors to the area, particularly amongst RV enthusiasts. Curiously, publicity about the route draws many German tourists to the Pass each year. Over the past years, all of the wooden bridges have been replaced with concrete structures. 2073.01 2085.01 2080.99 2074.01 2070.99 2067.0 2063.01 2053.01 2051.0 2048.01 2044.99 2044.99 2042.01 2042.01 2038.01 2035.0 2031.0 2031.0 2027.01 2025.0 2025.0 2015.0 2015.0 2015.0 2012.99 2012.99 2012.99 1999.0 1986.99 1979.01 1979.01 1981.99 1981.99 1981.99 1968.0 1964.01 1960.99 1957.0 1953.01 1954.01 1949.01 1944.01 1944.01 1933.99 1931.0 1929.99 1928.01 1928.01 1922.01 1921.0 1916.0 1915.0 1907.01 1894.0 1886.99 1881.99 1882.99 1903.99 1876.01 1870.01 1865.99 1863.0 1855.99 1847.0 1844.98 1844.98 1829.99 1829.01 1826.0 1826.0 1819.99 1818.01 1813.99 1813.01 1812.01 1807.01 1806.0 1803.99 1806.0 1806.0 1806.0 1806.0 1807.01 1800.0 1792.01 1790.0 1786.01 1786.01 1786.01 1786.01 1780.0 1785.0 1782.01 1781.01 1781.01 1782.01 1781.01 1779.0 1777.01 1774.0 1771.01 1767.99 1767.99 1759.0 1755.01 1748.0 1745.01 1744.0 1741.99 1740.01 1739.01 1738.0 1738.0 1738.0 1740.01 1740.01 1735.99 1734.01 1730.99 1730.01 1728.0 1725.99 1725.99 1723.0 1719.99 1714.01 1714.01 1709.01 1709.01 1704.99 1702.0 1698.99 1692.01 1688.99 1688.99 1680.0 1671.01 1671.01 1657.99 1657.99 1654.0 1651.01 1649.0 1646.99 1644.0 1641.99 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 1638.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1565.0 1565.0 1550.0 1542.99 1540.0 1540.0 1540.0 1536.01 1534.0 1526.01 1526.01 1511.99 1501.99 1490.01 1475.99 1475.99 1466.0 1462.0 1461.0 1457.01 1452.01 1452.01 1449.99 1449.99 1441.0 1437.99 1436.0 1436.0 1432.01 1428.99 1422.01 1419.0 1419.0 1416.01 1412.99 1412.99 1411.99 1414.0 1415.0 1421.01 1424.0 1424.0 1422.99 1422.99 1422.99 1419.0 1417.02 1417.02 1411.99 1406.99 1402.99 1395.01 1386.99 1383.0 1383.0 1383.0 1375.99 1370.02 1362.0 1362.0 1362.0 1362.0 1352.0 1352.0 1344.99 1344.99 1336.0 1336.0 1336.0 1331.0 1331.0 1329.99 1329.99 1329.99 1334.99 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1338.01 1349.99 1352.0 1352.0 1352.0 1348.01 1348.01 1348.01 1348.01 1351.0 1351.0 1352.0 1352.0 1352.0 1352.0 1353.01 1353.01 1354.99 1354.99 1354.99 1354.99 1359.99 1359.99 1359.99 1362.0 1360.99 1360.99 1360.99 1363.0 1364.01 1364.01 1364.99 1364.99 1365.99 1365.99 1364.99 1364.99 1364.99 1367.0 1367.0 1367.0 1367.0 1367.0 1365.99 1365.99 1365.99 1364.01 1364.01 1364.01 1364.01 1358.01 1349.99 1341.0 1333.99 1333.99 1333.99 1328.99 1328.99 1328.99 1328.99 1328.99 1328.99 1311.01 1311.01 1305.0 1291.99 1291.99 1291.99 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1274.0 1269.0 1268.0 1268.0 1268.0 1271.99 1271.99 1275.01 1275.01 1276.01 1276.01 1276.01 1276.01 1276.01 1276.99 1276.99 1279.0 1279.0 1280.01 1280.01 1280.01 1284.0 1284.0 1284.0 1286.01 1286.01 1286.01 1286.01 1289.0 1289.0 1289.0 1295.0 1295.0 1295.0 1301.01 1301.01 1301.01 1301.01 1297.99 1297.99 1294.0 1294.0 1294.0 1281.01 1281.01 1281.01 1281.01 1279.0 1279.0 1279.0 1278.0 1280.01 1281.01 1281.01 1280.01 1280.01 1282.99 1282.99 1282.99 1279.0 1279.0 1279.0 1281.99 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1285.01 1281.01 1276.01 1268.0 1260.01 1260.01 1254.01 1249.01 1244.01 1244.01 1244.01 1240.99 1240.99 1239.99 1239.99 1239.99 1239.99 1239.01 1234.99 1239.01 1237.0 1235.99 1235.99 1234.99 1234.99 1234.99 1234.01 1229.01 1227.0 1229.99 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1237.0 1242.0 1242.0 1242.0 1248.0 1249.01 1249.01 1249.01 1249.01 1248.0 1248.0 1250.99 1252.0 1252.0 1245.99 1245.99 1245.99 1245.99 1243.0 1243.0 1243.0 1243.0 1239.99 1239.99 1239.99 1234.01 1234.01 1232.0 1232.0 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1234.01 1232.0 1229.99 1229.99 1229.99 1228.01 1228.01 1228.01 1227.0 1227.0 1227.0 1227.0 1218.99 1218.99 1217.01 1217.01 1213.01 1213.01 1213.01 1213.01 1213.01 1197.01 1197.01 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 TCT Multi-Use: Mount Bonner to Kimberley (35.2 km) Please note that Gray Creek Pass is often snowed in and closed from October until July. Landslides can occur and close the road at any time. For the latest conditions over Gray Creek Pass, please visit: http://graycreekstore.com/news Please travel carefully! Take note of the long climb ahead: Eastbound: average of nearly 9% grade for 17 km from Kootenay Lake up to Gray Creek Pass, Westbound: average of nearly 6% grade for 12 km from Parker's Creek to Gray Creek Pass. The history of the route over Gray Creek Pass goes back to the early 1950s, when Cominco (now Teck Metals) built a power line over the Pass in order to supply electricity to the Bluebell mine, located about 16 kilometres north of Gray Creek (as the crow flies) in the small community of Riondel. Power lines were also strung across Kootenay Lake as part of supplying electricity to the mine. Cominco employees who had relocated from Kimberley to Riondel were keen to have a shorter route back to the East Kootenay, and at the time two roads were considered – one over Gray Creek Pass, and one over Rose Pass to the north. It wasn't until the late 1980s, when the push for a backcountry route finally gathered momentum - but Rose Pass would have required a three-mile tunnel so that idea was abandoned. Gray Creek Pass was finally completed in the 1990s as a joint effort between the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Forests. It was officially opened in July 1990. Since, the powerline has been abandoned - but the road remains a popular route for visitors to the area, particularly amongst RV enthusiasts. Curiously, publicity about the route draws many German tourists to the Pass each year. Over the past years, all of the wooden bridges have been replaced with concrete structures. 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1192.99 1184.0 1184.0 1187.99 1188.99 1188.99 1188.99 1188.99 1200.0 1207.01 1207.01 1207.01 1207.01 1213.01 1218.01 1218.01 1227.0 1227.0 1227.0 1223.99 1221.0 1221.0 1221.0 1221.0 1221.0 1218.99 1218.99 1218.99 1217.01 1217.01 1211.0 1202.01 1196.0 1196.0 1196.0 1186.01 1186.01 1186.01 1186.01 1186.01 1181.01 1181.01 1180.0 1174.0 1174.0 1174.0 1174.0 1174.0 1174.0 1143.0 1130.99 1130.99 1117.0 1117.0 1101.0 1092.01 1081.0 1071.01 1071.01 1061.01 1055.0 1055.0 1050.01 1050.01 1026.99 1026.99 1026.99 1026.99 1015.01 1009.99 1007.0 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 999.01 999.01 999.01 999.01 999.99 999.01 999.01 1003.01 1004.99 1004.99 1004.99 1004.99 1005.99 1005.99 1005.99 1007.0 1007.0 1007.0 1007.0 1010.99 1009.01 1009.99 1005.99 1005.99 1005.99 1004.01 1004.01 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 999.01 999.01 999.01 997.0 997.0 997.0 993.01 993.01 993.01 998.01 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 1002.0 997.0 997.0 997.0 997.0 997.0 995.99 995.99 995.99 994.01 994.01 993.01 993.01 993.01 994.01 994.01 994.01 994.01 992.0 992.0 992.0 992.0 991.0 991.0 991.0 991.0 988.01 987.0 987.0 986.0 986.0 984.99 986.0 986.0 986.0 986.0 986.0 987.0 987.0 987.0 987.0 987.0 988.01 986.0 986.0 986.0 986.0 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 983.99 984.99 984.99 986.0 986.0 984.99 984.99 984.99 984.99 983.99 983.99 983.01 983.01 983.01 983.99 987.0 987.0 989.02 989.02 989.02 989.02 989.02 989.02 989.02 989.99 989.99 989.99 989.99 989.99 991.0 991.0 994.99 994.99 999.99 1007.0 1007.0 1010.99 1010.99 1010.99 1010.99 1010.99 1009.01 1009.01 1009.01 1009.01 1009.01 1005.99 1004.99 1005.99 1008.0 1007.0 1007.0 1005.99 1003.01 1003.01 1004.99 1009.01 1009.01 1009.01 1009.01 1013.0 1013.0 1013.0 1014.01 1014.01 1014.01 1007.0 1007.0 1007.0 999.01 999.01 999.01 999.01 978.01 978.01 978.01 981.0 981.0 982.0 992.0 992.0 998.01 1000.99 999.01 999.01 989.02 987.0 987.0 987.0 988.01 979.99 979.99 981.0 981.0 979.99 979.99 979.99 978.99 978.99 978.01 976.0 976.0 973.99 973.99 972.01 972.01 972.01 971.0 968.99 968.99 967.01 967.01 966.0 965.0 963.99 961.0 961.0 961.0 961.0 961.0 961.0 960.0 960.0 960.0 960.0 960.0 957.99 956.01 956.01 956.01 953.99 953.99 952.01 951.01 948.99 948.99 947.99 947.99 947.99 947.99 947.99 947.99 947.99 952.99 956.01 956.01 956.01 956.01 956.01 960.0 961.0 961.0 961.0 961.0 966.0 966.0 962.99 962.99 968.01 968.01 974.99 974.99 974.99 971.0 971.0 961.0 961.0 952.99 952.99 952.99 952.99 952.99 952.01 952.01 952.01 952.01 945.0 945.0 942.99 942.99 942.99 947.99 946.01 941.01 941.01 941.01 939.0 939.0 946.01 946.01 946.01 957.01 963.99 966.0 966.0 966.0 967.01 965.0 972.01 972.01 976.0 977.01 TCT Multi-Use: Kimberley Nature Park (9 km) The route travels through Kimberley Nature Park in the southwest, connecting to city sidewalks to the downtown Platzl Access: Lakeview Access: Gray Creek Lakeview Grocery