Stein Valley Provincial Heritage Park

The Stein Valley Nlaka�pamux Heritage Park has a road to the trailhead, but it's a 37 mile hike from there to the alpine. Despite the loss of the road to Lizzie Lake it is still shorter to approach the Stein Divide from the West. The Stein Divide is a high alpine plateau Northeast of Whistler with lakes too numerous to mention, vast pristine meadows and lonely summits. The core area of the Stein Divide can be hiked in a single day if you opt for a helicopter. Caltha Lake and many of the other lakes lie just outside the park boundary where charters would be allowed to land.

Tundra Lake is inside the park but it is a short trek (< hour) from Caltha Lake. Magnificent Elton Lake however is still two full days away and requires route finding and other off trail skills.

The one constant however are the huts, two of the most popular are near Joffre Lakes. Keith's Hut rests in the basin directly to the east and is approached via Cerise Creek. The Wendy Thompson Hut is in Marriot Basin, just across the highway to the north via the decommissioned Cayoosh Creek forest service road. Exact trail distances are depend on how far you can drive up abandoned roads. The huts themselves are less than five linear miles from the highway, and can be reasonably reached in a day. There are also popular huts at Tenquille Lake (Hurley Forrest Service Road), Phelix Creek (Blackwater Road) and a small cabin at Twin Lakes AKA the Haylmore-Melvin Divide (Duffy Lake Road).