Wells / Quesnel Highlands
Mount Guyet
Mount Guyet is a relatively short but steep mountain outing through the landscape burned by the 2024 Antler Creek fire. Open cutblocks, burned…
4.1 km round trip300 m gain
A LOCAL FIELD GUIDE
Hiking around Prince George
Find a walk close to home, a waterfall, or a day in the mountains.
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman
Trot Camp
Official Monkman map marks camp at trail km 15; these are route-chainage values, not road distances.
15 km point to pointApprox. 300 m gain
Wells / 3100 and 1600 roads
Mount Patchett
Mount Patchett is a longer Wells-area alpine outing reached from the same lower approach as the Vinje Grind. The local trail society publishes…
14 km round trip5–7 hoursas published
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman
Murray River Camp
Official Monkman map marks camp at trail km 7; these are route-chainage values, not road distances.
7 km one way
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman / Peace Rockies
Monkman Pass Memorial through-route
Unmaintained beyond Monkman Lake; park page describes a 63 km route continuing to Hobies cabin on the Herrick River.
63 km point to point
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman / Peace Rockies
Monkman Cascades
Waterfall branches leave the main Monkman Lake trail. Source lists access near km 18, 21 and 22.
45 km round trip3 days
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman / Peace Rockies
Monkman Lake
Long forest backpacking route via Murray River suspension bridge, a limestone ridge and the Cascades area to the lake.
50 km round trip465 m gain4 or more dayswith exploration
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman / Peace Rockies
Monkman Tarns
Beyond Monkman Lake the route enters subalpine terrain and requires independent navigation.
60 km round trip4 days
Tumbler Ridge / Monkman
Kinuseo Falls campground
Closure notice recorded · check guideKinuseo Falls Road, 60 km south of Tumbler Ridge; allow for rough road.
Camping destination
Fraser Lake / west
Cabin Creek Falls
A short, mostly level forest walk reaches the upper view of a small waterfall off Holy Cross FSR. The easy approach ends beside slippery rock,…
1 km round trip