A LOCAL FIELD GUIDE

Hiking around Prince George

Find a walk close to home, a waterfall, or a day in the mountains.

Places to go

81 to 90 of 324 places · 318 on the map

East / Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den

Viking–Sugarbowl traverse

Link the Viking and Sugarbowl routes on a mountain traverse between two Highway 16 trailheads. The rough connecting ground needs careful…

Vanderhoof

Waterlily Lake Trail

A seven-loop community-forest network reaches Waterlily and Homestead lakes, an old trapper’s cabin and viewpoints near Logan’s Point. Loop…

Not established · outing scope unconfirmed

Blackwater & southwest

Tagai Lake recreation site

A semi-remote lakeside camping area reached along the Pelican forest-road system. The final approach branches from the resource road, so a…

Camping destination

Vanderhoof

Sinkut Mountain

A steep service-road climb reaches a lookout and communications facilities above the Nechako Valley. The straightforward objective still…

2.7 km · one way; return unconfirmed

East / Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den

Raven Lake cabin

4.6 AllTrails

Climb through the forest into Raven Lake’s subalpine basin, where the lakeside cabin is the usual turnaround. Return by the same trail; ridge…

About 1 hr 48 min from PG10 km · round trip522 m gain3–4 hours one wayto the cabin

Sugarbowl–Grizzly Den

Raven Lake/Grizzly Den Crossover

Alpine connection through Pat’s Pass joins Grizzly Den and Raven Lake; Leprechaun Ridge and Raven Peak are optional harder variants.

18 km · loop750 m gain7 - 12 hours

Vanderhoof & west

Riverside Park Campground

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A serviced municipal campground beside the Nechako River in Vanderhoof, within walking distance of town. It provides a practical base for the…

Camping destination
The Nechako River Bird Sanctuary at Riverside Park in Vanderhoof
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Vanderhoof

Riverside Nature Trail

A gentle riverside walk links the migratory-bird observation tower at Riverside Park with the WL McLeod wetland. River lookouts and wooded…

2.7 km · round trip

North / Davie-Muskeg Road

Muskeg Falls (Bear Lake area)

4.5 AllTrails

A largely gentle forest walk reaches a creekside waterfall picnic area far along the Davie–Muskeg resource road. The final descent is…

2.6 km · round trip

Sugarbowl–Grizzly Den

Grizzly Den

4.3 AllTrails

Climbs past 8-Mile Cabin toward Grizzly Den Cabin; Leprechaun Ridge branches off as a separate harder variant.

About 1 hr 42 min from PG12 km · round trip600 m gain4-5 hours