CampHostJobsForster Creek Emergency Warming Shelter
Near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Windermere Valley Snowmobile Society under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Forster Creek Emergency Warming Shelter
Not available for overnight use
This is a day-use snowmobile warming shelter.
Accessible by snowmobile along Forster Creek.
The Windermere Valley Snowmobile Society grooms the trail on a regular basis during the winter season. See Forster Creek Trail for additional information on closures and road access to parking areas.
SUMMER CLOSURE: June 1 to Novemeber 1 closed to motorized traffic past summer road's end.
WINTER CLOSURE: North Star Glacier closed to snowmobiling year round. Catamount Glacier open to snowmobiling February 15 to May 31 annually.
- Type
- Cabin or shelter
- Access
- Trail: Multi-Use
- Nearest town
- Invermere, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 2009
- Location
- 50.65624, -116.52254
- Site ID
- REC5186
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
NOTE: The Forster Creek Forest Service Road is used by industrial traffic. Please be advised that you will share the road with logging trucks and other industrial traffic; use a radio!
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS - Snowmobilers using the Forster Creek Trail are to park at the 27.5 km parking lot on the Forster Forest Service Road.
MONDAY THROUGH FIRDAY - All vehicles must park at the 33.5km mark.
Access to the Forster Creek Snowmobile trail will NOT be possible from the Westside Road/ Dogleg Lake 21 km parking area.
Use radio frequency 158.46
For more info: http://www.bcforestsafe.org/files/tk_pdfs/gde_resrd.pdf
Links
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. BC also recruits live-in fee-site operators by request for proposals on BC Bid.
Host jobs near Forster Creek Emergency Warming Shelter:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 68 km away
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 124 km away
- Campground Host, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 125 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Dave White Cabin 2 km, 2 campsites
- Olive Hut 4 km, 1 campsite
- Stockdale Creek 11 km, 2 campsites
- Halfway Lake 16 km, 2 campsites
- Bugaboo-Septet 17 km, 4 campsites
- Hall Lake 18 km, 3 campsites
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.