Beatton Provincial Park, BC 6/19

Lake Charlie Boat Launch/Beatton
Windy and slightly rainy on the way here. We left our last campground earlier than our usual 11:30 or 12:00 departure time and arrived at Beatton Provincial Park, next to Charlie Lake, at 11:54. We even stopped at Safeway in Ft. St. John and got a couple apples and car window wash stuff. They were expanding their store and it was a mess. Most of the produce was ok, but very expensive and there was some moldy organic produce which I really couldn't believe they left out. We ate an early lunch in the Safeway parking lot and then drove about a half hour to our campground.

After setting up, we discovered Beatton is closed as a campground in the winter, but used as a cross country ski area.  There are several trails next to the campground area that are cross country trails in the winter. The place gets packed in the winter and they have races and events here. We took a 2 hr walk (including a walk around the campground) and went in a loop on Willow trail, to Caribou trail, to Spruce and back to the trail head. I was a little worried about bears but Darrel said they wouldn't be around here. When we got back to our campsite , Karrie, one of the Park Operators, was there to check us in and give us a recite. She talked about the wild life and oh yeah, they have a mama bear and three cubs, but they don't come into the campsites no worries just keep your food put away. They are near the ski trails. (Eye roll.) (Sigh) Well, I'm glad we didn't run into them. 

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