You can access the Skagit Valley Provincial Park either from Manning Park or from Hope BC. There are 3 different front country camp grounds for people that like to do car camping. One is located at Ross Lake right along the US Canada border. The lake only has water on the Canadian side at certain times of the year as it is a reservoir (check the website before heading here). If there is no water in the Canadian side of the lake and you have your passport you can cross at a little US National Park Boarder Crossing. There are many trails in this park some that connect back into Manning Park like the Skyline 2 trail and the silverdaisy trail.
The trail that I would recommend is the Skagit River Trail starting on the Hope side of the park. This is an over night backpacking trip unless you have a car parked on the Manning side as well as it is a 32km round trip. It is a beautiful trip along a lush river valley with pockets of old growth forest and one Ecological Reserve right in the middle. Delacey Camp has a pit toilet, one picnic table and a bear bin (I have camped there twice and we were the only people both times!). Not far past Delacey Camp there are some remnants from an old mine in the area. If you do not miss it they are really cool to check out! There is also history behind this trail as it was used by gold rushers to get from the USA way back in the day. If you come to this park at the right time of year you will find all kinds of wildflowers growing such as the Red Rhododendron.
For all you horse lovers this park is also friendly to horses and allow them on most trails!
I would also only reccomend summer travel in this park. read more