The area’s history of prospecting, trapping, and logging has provided an extensive network of forest roads and remote trails. Many of these are ideal if you’re aiming to experience the area from the saddle of a bike, or on top of a horse.

Pedal Power
There’s a range of opportunities for those getting out under their own steam on two wheels. Local bikers have built a number of single-track routes, of which the best-established is the Gates Creek Trail, just to the north of Clearwater. This climbs up the valley-flank before it descends rapidly again in an exhilarating plunge. Much of the Clearwater River Trail, on the east side of the river, is bike-able, or try the 32km of Candle Creek nordic ski trails, which offer a great variety of ups and downs, although these are brushy in parts. Bikes are also allowed on several trails in the Park: a favourite is the 30km loop comprising the Blackwater, Stillwater, McLeod Hill and South Murtle trails, which combine steep twisting descents, long steady climbs, and a few surprises along the way. If you just want to get out and see the scenery, pick a trail: the Clearwater River Road, the Upper Spahats Valley Road (Road 80) past Silvertip Falls, and the Raft River Forest Service Road are good examples of not-too- challenging routes with breathtaking scenery

Happy Trails
Several businesses offer guided horseback rides, some on trails along the Clearwater Valley, and another in Vavenby on an authentic working ranch. where you might even find yourself being roped-in to herd the cattle if you’re there at the right time, and with the appropriate levels of horsemanship! If you’ve brought your own mount then the entire area is yours to explore: trails, tracks and forest roads extend into the hills, and along both sides of the North Thompson, Clearwater and Raft rivers, and most of the trails in the Flatiron network in the Park are also horse- friendly.