Valemount & Mount Robson / Full trip pack
Big Rock / Lower Teepee Lake loop
- Round trip
- 13 km
- Elevation gain
- 950 m Published route measurement
- Walking time
- Not separately published
- Difficulty
- Hard Loop
return on named itinerary
https://hikingprincegeorge.com/hikes/big-rock-lower-teepee-lake-loop
Teepee drainage routes split toward lake and Big Rock/summit.
1. Getting there and parking
From Valemount, drive north on Highway 5 past the railway overpass and turn right onto Stone Road/Tinsley Pit Road, almost opposite the Terry Fox rest stop. Cross the railway only at the designated crossing, follow the posted access signs, and keep left toward Tinsley Pit Road. The signed approach includes a sharp left turn before continuing several kilometres uphill to the newer Teepee Creek parking lot. The local guide recommends a high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle and provides an access-road map because ordinary road maps may omit the final approach. The old Mount Terry Fox trail starts much lower, near the rail crossing, and is not the same trailhead.
Road and vehicle: The local guide recommends a high-clearance 4WD vehicle for the trailhead road.
Published approach includes private railway-crossing signs; current authorized vehicle access is unconfirmed.
2. Walking the route
Start at the higher Teepee Creek trailhead and follow the creek valley uphill through forest, wet subalpine ground and a succession of small waterfalls. Use the signed Big Rock and Lower Teepee Lake connections to link the two branches, returning to the same higher trailhead. The local guide describes this loop as approximately 13 km with 950 m of total gain. The ground undulates between the lake and Big Rock, so this is longer than simply reversing the lake approach. Establish the loop direction on the local route map at the junctions; the source does not provide a complete left/right sequence for every branch. The summit route leaves the loop area and is a separate extension.
Mapped outing: Higher Teepee Creek trailhead. 11.1 km measured along the mapped line; published trip measurements may differ.
3. Route map
The highlighted line follows the documented outing.
© OpenStreetMap contributors. Route geometry is available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. · Line source · Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 · Source-line database: https://hikingprincegeorge.com/data/osm-route-lines.geojson
Elevation along the outing
Full loop
Start: Higher Teepee Creek trailhead · Finish: Higher Teepee Creek trailhead (11.1 km mapped).
Approximate ground elevation from a 90 m terrain model. Distance follows the mapped itinerary and may differ from published walking distance. This is a terrain-model profile, not a surveyed measurement. Any ascent total is identified separately with its own source or estimation method.
How the route order was checked
YORA identifies a loop via Big Rock and Lower Teepee Lake from the higher Teepee Creek trailhead. The named OSM Teepee Lake Loop and Mount Terry Fox connection form an exactly closed source component, joined at an identical coordinate to the approach. The approach starts 9 m from the source-published trailhead. Outing line measures about11.1 km against YORA’s13 km estimate; published distance is retained and the summit extension is excluded.
Copernicus GLO-90 terrain elevations via Open-Meteo (CC BY4.0); linework: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
Copernicus DEM 2021 GLO-90 via Open-Meteo. Linework source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1562627233. Sampled and rounded for display.
Source: https://open-meteo.com/en/licence
Licence: CC BY4.0 elevation data; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 linework · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Profile source checked: 2026-10-18
Published locations
Numbered points match the map. Use the role beside each point. A summit or park reference point is not a parking location.
| Place and role | Coordinates | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Big Rock / Lower Teepee Lake loop trailhead | 52.902311 -119.289135 | source-published; not field-verified https://hikevalemount.com/teepee-creek-to-mt-terry-fox/ |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Camping and tenting
The local guide identifies outhouses at the parking area and lake, but it does not establish a bookable campsite or unrestricted overnight permission there. Confirm the park’s current camping rules before turning this day hike into an overnight trip.
Toilets
The guide lists outhouses at the parking area and at the lake, not at the summit.
Season and access
The local guide lists the lake for May through September, subject to actual snow conditions. Higher terrain can remain snowy well into summer; the peak route is a summer objective and is not a documented winter variation.
Mobile service
The local guide reports intermittent cell reception.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
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