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Ancient Forest Boardwalk Trail

Forest boardwalk reaches large trees and waterfall.

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Distance
2.3 kmTrip basis unconfirmed
Elevation gain
Not establishedCumulative ascent for this outing has not been established.
Walking time
Not published
Difficulty
Not rated
Boardwalk in Ancient Forest / Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park
Boardwalk in Ancient Forest / Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial ParkBoardwalk Through Ancient Forest (246124627).jpeg (opens original source) · Gord Schindell · CC BY 3.0 (opens original source) · 2015-07-13. Existing local file displayed without additional edits in this revision; page layout may crop the image to fit.

Map & elevation

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Elevation profile

A full-route elevation profile is not available yet. The mapped paths have not been verified as one continuous outing.

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Mapped trail network. The named Ancient Forest walking and boardwalk paths are shown as a network. This is not a single surveyed loop or an entirely accessible route; only the separately identified universal boardwalk has that designation. Line source (opens original source).

Getting there & parking

Drive east from Prince George on Highway 16 for about 115 km, or west from McBride for approximately 103 km, to the signed Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut park entrance. Turn into the main visitor parking area on the south side of the highway. This is the boardwalk access; the separate Driscoll Ridge approach farther west serves a strenuous mountain route.

Map position: 53.76284, -121.21706 · historical published trailhead / parking area (2010). Ancient Cedar Forest parking lot: 53 45.7702 N, 121 13.0235 W (degrees and decimal minutes), PDF page 2. 2010 parking location. Park entrance has since been redeveloped; this marks the historical published access area, not a field-verified current parking bay. The tourism-hosted guide identifies itself as a research copy and says access, trails and amenities have not been updated. Coordinate provenance is verified; current access is not.

On the trail

Follow the signed boardwalk network through the inland cedar rainforest, using the junction signs for the large named trees and waterfall. BC Parks gives 2.3 km for its forest boardwalk route, while the club description uses a roughly 2 km base outing plus side paths. Choose the waterfall and tree branches you want to visit, then follow the signed return to the visitor area. Wet boards and stairs can be slippery; the separate 450 m universal-access boardwalk does not establish that every branch of this longer walk is wheelchair suitable.

Terrain: boardwalk.

Accessibility

Only the separate 450 m Universal Access Trail is explicitly designated universally accessible.

Conditions & seasons

BC Parks describes winter snowshoeing on the forest boardwalk, with limited winter parking. Snow-covered boards and the availability of parking change the outing; the summer accessibility description does not guarantee a cleared winter surface.

Winter route

BC Parks describes snowshoe access on the forest boardwalk, with limited winter parking. A summer accessible-boardwalk designation does not establish a snow-cleared winter route.

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Camping & overnight plans

Overnight camping is prohibited in both the Ancient Forest and Driscoll Ridge parking lots. BC Parks directs campers to Purden Lake, roughly 50 km west. Campfires are prohibited in the Ancient Forest park.

Photos of Ancient Forest Boardwalk Trail

Boardwalk in Ancient Forest / Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park
Boardwalk in Ancient Forest / Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial ParkBoardwalk Through Ancient Forest (246124627).jpeg (opens original source) · Gord Schindell · CC BY 3.0 (opens original source) · 2015-07-13. Existing local file displayed without additional edits in this revision; page layout may crop the image to fit.

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Sources, dates & research notes

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  1. https://bcparks.ca/ancient-forest-chun-toh-whudujut-park/ (opens original source)
  2. https://mcbridetourism.ca/wp-content/uploads/McBrides-Green-Guide.pdf (opens original source)
  3. https://caledoniaramblers.ca/trails/ancient-forest (opens original source)
OpenStreetMap line references (11)

These contributor-mapped features support the map geometry. They are separate from the written access and route sources.

  1. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/405394809 (opens original source)
  2. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/405394810 (opens original source)
  3. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/405394812 (opens original source)
  4. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/765857078 (opens original source)
  5. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1289221674 (opens original source)
  6. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066371 (opens original source)
  7. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066372 (opens original source)
  8. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066373 (opens original source)
  9. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066374 (opens original source)
  10. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066375 (opens original source)
  11. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1560066376 (opens original source)

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