To get to Trophy Mountain, take your first right after Spahats Falls, approximately 11 km up the park road from the Information Centre. This brings you on to a gravel road called Road 80. This requires a drive of approximately half an hour on a bumpy gravel road. Four wheel drive is not nessecary, but very low clearance cars and RV’s are not reccomended. Following the signs for Trophy Meadows, drive approximately 23 km on the gravel road until you arrive at the trail head. The trail will take you through old growth forest until you reach the alpine. The whole landscape opens revealing the alpine meadows with the backdrop of Trophy Mountain and Raft Mountain. Once in the meadows you can keep hiking towards Sheila Lake or head to summit Trophy Mountain. Please keep in mind that to summit Trophy will take the average hiker approximately 6 hours from the trail head one way. There are areas where hikers are exposed to steep drops. Prepare well and be cautious.
Wild Flowers: This is what hiking in Wells Gray is all about! There are two blooms during the year. The first is in early June, and it consists mostly of the yellow Glacier Lilly and the tiny white Spring Beauty. The Glacier Lilies are so plentiful that their colour overwhelms the entire landscape.
The second bloom occurs in August, and here you are treated to a full flush of colour. The most common flowers are the red Indian Paint Brush, the purple Lupin and Alpine Daisy. Spending a day in the meadows is a real treat.