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Driscoll Ridge — East Driscoll Trail

The lower ascent passes from cedar forest into spruce and subalpine fir before reaching a ridge with open glades and mountain views. The eastern source listing gives approximately 5 km to the ridge and 9.5 km to the summit, but does not supply a detailed contemporary junction sequence. The western ridge description confirms that the linking ridge traverse requires solid route-finding and has not been maintained recently. Select a clear turnaround rather than assuming an eastern climb can automatically be extended into a full loop.

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Distance
19 kmRound trip
Elevation gain
Not establishedThe current club page does not publish a gain for the east route; earlier imported 720/1,200 m figures are not used.
Walking time
6 - 8 hoursto summit
Difficulty
Not ratedThere and Back

Map & elevation

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Elevation profile

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A reusable trail line has not yet been verified for this outing. Any location pin shows the published location described above; it does not draw the hike or establish a navigable approach.

Getting there & parking

Use the Ancient Forest visitor access on Highway 16 for the eastern side of the Driscoll Ridge system, then confirm the signed ridge-trail junction on the park map before leaving the lower forest paths. The eastern approach is a mountain trail beyond the short boardwalk visit; do not use the boardwalk’s short length as the distance to the ridge.

Driving access has not been established for this selected route option; check its original sources.

Map position: 53.80281, -121.31373 · destination reference point. Official KMZ waypoint named Driscoll West Trailhead: -121.3137254971201,53.80280860627549. Western access point. Replaces inconsistent 2010 tourism-guide point. Crossover needs transport planning at both ends. This point is not a confirmed starting point for the selected route option.

On the trail

The lower ascent passes from cedar forest into spruce and subalpine fir before reaching a ridge with open glades and mountain views. The eastern source listing gives approximately 5 km to the ridge and 9.5 km to the summit, but does not supply a detailed contemporary junction sequence. The western ridge description confirms that the linking ridge traverse requires solid route-finding and has not been maintained recently. Select a clear turnaround rather than assuming an eastern climb can automatically be extended into a full loop.

Conditions & seasons

The high ridge has a different snow season from the low forest boardwalks. BC Parks provides avalanche-terrain information for Driscoll; a summer loop description should not be treated as a verified winter route.

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Camping & overnight plans

Neither the western Driscoll parking area nor Ancient Forest parking allows overnight camping. Purden Lake is the nearby established campground identified by BC Parks. No serviced tent site was verified on the ridge itself.

Photos of Driscoll Ridge — East Driscoll Trail

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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://caledoniaramblers.ca/trails/east-driscoll-trail (opens original source)
  2. https://caledoniaramblers.ca/trails?page=1 (opens original source)
  3. https://bcparks.ca/ancient-forest-chun-toh-whudujut-park/ (opens original source)
  4. https://nrs.objectstore.gov.bc.ca/kuwyyf/driscoll_trail_d2260c3fd0.kmz (opens original source)
  5. https://routing.openstreetmap.de/about.html (opens original source)
  6. https://caledoniaramblers.ca/trails/west-driscoll-ridge (opens original source)
Other route names still being researched (1)

These names appear in source inventories, but an individual walking guide has not been established yet.

  • Driscoll ridge crossover
Details still being researched
  • The park page gives no cumulative gain for this entire loop; 1,065 m on the Ramblers west-summit route must not be silently assigned to it.

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