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Waterfalls · Pine Pass, Chetwynd & Peace · Pine Pass

Bijoux Falls

A short roadside stop in Pine Pass provides a fenced view of a cascading waterfall. It is a day-use waterfall visit rather than a developed hiking circuit.

Sources reviewed . This is a research date, not a trail inspection.

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Distance
Not publishedTrip basis unconfirmed
Elevation gain
Not establishedCumulative ascent for this outing has not been established.
Walking time
Not published
Difficulty
Not rated
Bijoux Falls beside the Pine Pass highway corridor
Bijoux Falls beside the Pine Pass highway corridorBijoux Falls 2008.jpg (opens original source) · McDoggo · CC BY 4.0 (opens original source) · 2008-07-05. 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

Full round trip · approximately 0.1 km mapped

Complete out-and-back elevation profile, starting at Path entrance at day-use parking, reaching Bijoux Falls viewing area, and returning to the start750 m775 m800 mOutwardReturn0 km0.0 km0.0 km0.1 km0.1 km
StartPath entrance at day-use parking0.0 km · turn aroundBijoux Falls viewing area0.1 km · back at startPath entrance at day-use parking
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Approximate terrain elevation. Mapped distance may differ from the published hike distance.

Map and elevation sources

Approximate ground elevation from a 90 m terrain model. Distance follows the mapped itinerary and may differ from published walking distance. This is a terrain-model profile, not a surveyed measurement. Any ascent total is identified separately with its own source or estimation method.

BC Parks describes viewing the waterfall from the day-use area and advises staying behind the barrier; it does not promote a hiking trail up the falls. The retained OSM path has an exact endpoint at the parking service-road terminus and the other at a tagged viewpoint. Its stored coordinates run viewpoint-to-parking, so this itinerary explicitly reverses them and retraces the short path for the return. An unrelated southward path branch is excluded.

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Copernicus GLO-90 terrain elevations via Open-Meteo (CC BY4.0); linework: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 · checked 2026-10-18 · CC BY4.0 elevation data; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 linework. Copernicus DEM 2021 GLO-90 via Open-Meteo. Linework source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1225336178. Sampled and rounded for display.

Complete mapped outing from Path entrance at day-use parking, including the return on the same route. Line source (opens original source).

Getting there & parking

The park access is directly off Highway 97, approximately 44 km north of McLeod Lake. From Prince George the tourism brochure places the parking on the left after about 187.6 km of northbound travel. Use the signed park entrance and parking area rather than stopping on the highway shoulder; check turning traffic carefully.

Map position: 55.31028, -122.67361 · named falls destination. BC Gazetteer: Bijoux Falls | Falls | 55 18 36 N | 122 40 24 W | WGS84 | mapsheet 93O/7 Official named-feature location, not parking or a verified route start. This point supports regional orientation and area forecasts; road directions and distance-to-trailhead must use a separately verified access point.

On the trail

  1. Walk from the day-use parking to the fenced waterfall viewing area and remain behind the fence.

Full route notes

Walk from the day-use area to the fenced waterfall-viewing area and remain behind the barrier. BC Parks says there are no developed hiking trails in the park, so short distance figures in other guides should be understood as a brief waterfall visit, not a surveyed loop or a route up beside the cascade. The rest area provides a convenient pause on the Pine Pass drive. Keep dogs leashed, avoid climbing around the fence for a closer photograph and leave wildlife, including the resident jays, unfed.

Terrain: unmaintained.

Conditions & seasons

Open but not maintained in winter; snow can prevent access.

Winter route

The park is open but is not maintained in winter and may become inaccessible.

These are dated research notes. Open the trip planner for current available weather and advisory feeds; no alert found does not establish that a trail or road is open.

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Camping & overnight plans

Day use only; camping and campfires are not permitted.

Photos of Bijoux Falls

Bijoux Falls beside the Pine Pass highway corridor
Bijoux Falls beside the Pine Pass highway corridorBijoux Falls 2008.jpg (opens original source) · McDoggo · CC BY 4.0 (opens original source) · 2008-07-05. 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

Descriptions are written for this guide from the linked evidence. Source review dates, published reports and field observations can differ. Photographs and route lines retain their own attribution and reuse terms.

  1. https://bcparks.ca/bijoux-falls-park/ (opens original source)
  2. https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-geographical-names (opens original source)
  3. https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/d92224ee-03ef-4904-be53-b677d8e01ac4/resource/69738aa8-2cc0-4975-aec6-4dc2e30990bf/download/bc-gazetteer-2026-08-12.csv (opens original source)
  4. https://tourismpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/36970-PG-Waterfalls_Brochure-1.pdf (opens original source)
OpenStreetMap line references (3)

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

  1. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1225336178 (opens original source)
  2. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1225336177 (opens original source)
  3. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11363251341 (opens original source)
Details still being researched
  • Total route elevation gain not verified; no substitution from summit altitude or waterfall height.
  • No itinerary-specific measured distance verified.

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