SNOWY MOUNTAIN

Snowy Mountain Protected Area had been proposed as an addition to Cathedral Provincial Park for over 30 years. This 25,889 hectare (63,974 acres) protected area features attractive alpine and dry grasslands. In addition to being connected to Cathedral Provincial Park Snowy Mountain also adjoins Pasayten Wilderness and North Cascades National Park in the United States, and Manning Provincial Park and Skagit Provincial Park in Canada. As such, together these parks form a 1.2 million ha (2.9 million acre) complex, the largest expanse of protected wilderness along the 49th parallel, Canadian-U.S. border.