Wrinkly Face Provincial Park is a

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16 kilometres north of Winfield in

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History

The park was established May 20, 2004.

Geography

The park is 43 hectares in size. It encompasses a southern-facing cliff along with a series of dry meadows above the cliff and wetter meadows below. The cliff edge provides views of

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and the land toward

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. The High Rim Trail passes through the park along the upper edge of the cliff.

Conservation

The primary role of Wrinkly Face Park is to protect the series of dry meadows at the top of the cliff and the wetter meadows at its base, along with the interior

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Oregon pine, and Columbian pine. There are three va ...

forest. The dry, seasonally-wet, diverse meadows are extremely fragile. Five

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vascular plants are known to occur including red-listed Obscure

Cryptantha ''Cryptantha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat's eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus ''Plagiobothrys'',Hasenstab-Lehman, ...

(Cryptantha ambigua) and Needleleaved Navarretia (

Navarretia ''Navarretia'' is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants related to the phloxes and the gilias. This is one genus of plants, among others, which are sometimes called pincushionplants. The inflorescence which bears the flowers is surroun ...

intertexta) and blue-listed Northern Linanthus (

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septentrionalis), False-mermaid (

Floerkea ''Floerkea'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the meadowfoam family containing the sole species ''Floerkea proserpinacoides'', which is known by the common names false mermaid, false mermaidweed, and floerkea. This tiny wildflower is native to ...

proserpinacoides) and Awned Cyperus ( Cyperus squarrosus).

Recreation

Wrinkly Face Park provides low-impact recreational opportunities, such as hiking or horseback riding, for nature study and contains part of the regionally-significant 50 km long High Rim Trail. Rock climbing is also possible here, with upwards of 21 established climbs on basalt cliffs.

Images

File:Spruce Grove in Wrinkly Face Provincial Park.jpg, Spruce Grove File:Summer Wildflowers in Wrinkly Face Provincial Park.jpg, Summer Wildflowers File:Southern Boundary Signs for Wrinkly Face Provincial Park.jpg, Southern Boundary Signs File:Gliding amongst the wildflowers in Wrinkly Face Provincial Park.webm, Wildflowers Video Clip

External links

Rock climbing route info at RockClimbing.com

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia Regional District of Central Okanagan Provincial parks in the Okanagan {{British Columbia parks