Fire information and updates

What’s happening?

Parks Canada fire crews continue annual spring wildfire risk reduction activities along the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke. If conditions allow, Parks Canada fire crews will use prescribed fire over the next few weeks to burn off surface vegetation to maintain a section of the Revelstoke Community fuel break that runs through the park. In previous years, fire crews completed forest thinning, pile burning, and prescribed fire to remove large forest fuels and burn off surface vegetation, establishing a fuel break between Mount Revelstoke and the City of Revelstoke. Removal of ground level forest fuels is part of regular activities to maintain this fuel break. The most effective way to do this is through prescribed fire.

Prescribed fires are only conducted under specific conditions (e.g. weather, moisture, wind direction, supporting resources, etc.) and will only go forward when the safety of the public, our crews, infrastructure and neighbouring lands can be assured.

Why?

Parks Canada is conducting this prescribed fire on the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke to help reduce wildfire risk to the City of Revelstoke and the park’s high-use visitor areas. By carefully applying fire under controlled conditions, we can reduce the amount of burnable fuel on the landscape, helping protect the public, infrastructure, and neighbouring lands.

What to expect?

Visitor safety is of the utmost importance for Parks Canada. Closures will be implemented on The Meadows in the Sky Parkway and trails on the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke if this work goes forward. Always check for trail condition and closure updates before visiting the parks.

For more information:

Fire Management Team, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks
Fireinfo-mrg-infofeu@pc.gc.ca / Tel : 250-837-7569

What’s happening?

Starting tomorrow, (Friday, April 24) Parks Canada fire crews will use prescribed fire to burn off surface vegetation to maintain a section of the Revelstoke Community fuel break that runs through the park. 

Prescribed fires are only conducted under specific conditions (e.g. weather, moisture, wind direction, supporting resources, etc.) and will only go forward when the safety of the public, our crews, infrastructure and neighbouring lands can be assured.

Why?

Parks Canada is conducting this prescribed fire on the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke to help reduce wildfire risk to the City of Revelstoke and the park’s high-use visitor areas. By carefully applying fire under controlled conditions, we can reduce the amount of burnable fuel on the landscape, helping protect the public, infrastructure, and neighbouring lands.

What to expect?

To keep visitors safe, the Meadows in the Sky Parkway above the Inspiration Woods trailhead, and some trails on the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke will be closed starting tomorrow, (Friday, April 24) until further notice. This includes:

• The Soren Sorenson Trail
• The Nels' Knickers Trail
• The Lindmark Trail
• The Summit Trail
• The Mount Revelstoke Trail, from the highway overpass

Smoke will be visible on Mount Revelstoke during ignition, work is expected to continue over the next few weeks as prescription (weather) conditions allow.

For more information:

Fire Management Team, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks
Fireinfo-mrg-infofeu@pc.gc.ca / Tel : 250-837-7569

What’s happening?

The Meadows in the sky parkway and trails on the lower slopes of Mount Revelstoke have reopened to foot and bike travel following a short closure for prescribed fire operations.

Always check for trail condition and closure updates before visiting the parks. 

For more information:

Fire Management Team, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks
Fireinfo-mrg-infofeu@pc.gc.ca / Tel : 250-837-7569