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Driscoll Ridge — West Driscoll Ridge

The lower ascent passes from cedar forest into spruce and subalpine fir before reaching a ridge with open glades and mountain views. Continue along the western route toward the summit, about 7.5 km from the trailhead in the club description, then return by the same approach. A continuation along the ridge to the eastern trail creates a different outing of roughly 16 km between trailheads and needs a transport plan. Although marked in places, the crossover has been unmaintained in recent years and requires confident navigation.

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Distance
15 kmRound trip
Elevation gain
1,065 mPublished route measurement
Walking time
6 - 8 hoursto summit
Difficulty
Not ratedThere and Back

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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 signed western Driscoll trail access off the south side of Highway 16, about 110 km east of Prince George. It is separate from the Ancient Forest visitor parking farther east. The older local guide describes limited parking near the highway and an initial old-road approach; confirm the present signed trail start rather than driving farther up a deteriorated track.

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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. Continue along the western route toward the summit, about 7.5 km from the trailhead in the club description, then return by the same approach. A continuation along the ridge to the eastern trail creates a different outing of roughly 16 km between trailheads and needs a transport plan. Although marked in places, the crossover has been unmaintained in recent years and requires confident navigation.

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 — West Driscoll Ridge

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Sources, dates & research notes

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  1. https://caledoniaramblers.ca/trails/west-driscoll-ridge (opens original source)
  2. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/hiking-prince-george-east/ (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/east-driscoll-trail (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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