CampHostJobsWapta Falls Recreation Site
Near Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
No operator is listed in BC government records. The site may be maintained by a government contractor or by its users.
About Wapta Falls
The Wapta Falls site provides views of Wapta Falls from across the valley.
The hiking trail, however, is on the other side of the river and is accessed by a different turn off the Trans Canada Highway in Yoho National Park.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 2 campsites
- Upkeep
- User maintained (pack out what you bring in)
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Golden, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1996
- Location
- 51.18238, -116.58108
- Site ID
- REC2065
Activities
Facilities
Getting there
From Golden, travel east 25km on the Trans Canada Highway. Turn south (right) onto the Beaverfoot Forest Service Road. Wapta Falls recreation site is on the left at the 7km mark on the Beaverfoot Forest Service Road.
To access the hiking trail to Wapta Falls in Yoho National Park, from the Beaverfoot FSR, continue east on Highway 1 for 5.4km. Turn south (right) on the Wapta Falls trail turnoff. Drive 1.8 kilometres on a gravel road to the parking area at the trailhead. Wapta Falls
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 Wapta Falls:
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 115 km away
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 123 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 133 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Fraser Creek 1 km, 2 campsites
- Wilbur Lake 20 km, 2 campsites
- Loon Lake 21 km, 9 campsites
- Marion Lake 21 km, 5 campsites
- Bittern Lake 23 km, 2 campsites
- Rocky Point Lake 23 km, 1 campsite
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.