Where to stay · E.C. Manning Provincial Park
Manning Park Resort, Lodge Rooms
Check in on Highway 3 and the wilderness starts at the parking lot.
what it is
mountain lodge (kitchenettes, indoor pool)
the damage
from ~C$110/night in shoulder season, more typically C$150+
rated
★ 4.4 (3662)
from Vancouver
~3 hr by car
The lodge sits directly on Highway 3 in the middle of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, so you check in, drop the bags, and are already surrounded by more wilderness than two people can plausibly use. Rooms come as Queen Rooms, Mini Suites, and Junior Kings, several of them dog friendly at thirty dollars a night per dog, which is less than the dog would tip.
The centrepiece is Loon Lagoon, a fifty foot heated indoor pool with two hot tubs set at deliberately different temperatures, plus a sauna and a steam room. The Pinewoods Restaurant and the Bear's Den Pub are a short shuffle away, so dinner requires no more planning than a dry change of clothes, and some guests visibly skip that step.
Be clear about what this is: a well loved mountain lodge, not a boutique hotel, and some rooms show their mileage. What you are paying for is position. The nearest town is Hope, some 66 kilometres of mountain highway away, which is terrible news for midnight snack runs and spectacular news for the night sky.
The setting
In the resort village at the centre of E.C. Manning Provincial Park on Highway 3, roughly midway between Hope and Princeton, with the restaurant, pub, country store, and pool complex all steps from the lobby.
Getting there
Drive Highway 1 east from Vancouver to Hope, about 1 hour 40, then Highway 3 east over Allison Pass to the resort. Around 220 km; budget close to 3 hours. No ferries, no practical transit; a car is essential, and winter tires are the law on Highway 3 in the cold months.
good to know
Why it works
- Loon Lagoon: 50 ft heated indoor pool, two hot tubs, sauna
- Pinewoods Restaurant and Bear's Den Pub steps away
- Dog friendly rooms at $30 per pet per night
- Dark night skies, 66 km from the nearest town
- Queen rooms, mini suites and junior king rooms