Climbs past 8-Mile Cabin toward Grizzly Den Cabin; Leprechaun Ridge branches off as a separate harder variant.
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Full round trip · approximately 11.8 km mapped
Approximate terrain elevation. Mapped distance may differ from the published hike distance.
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.
The cabin steward publishes approximate trailhead and cabin coordinates. The trailhead lies about 4 m from an existing access-track vertex; the cabin coordinate lies about 5 m from the existing Grizzly Trail endpoint. Three short retained OSM track sections connect that start to the former footpath start with exactly shared vertices. Their selected sequence stays on the direct parking approach and does not add the separate road branch. The documented cabin outing returns by the same route. The older BC waypoint sheet places the cabin roughly 88 m east of the current steward coordinate; the current steward position supports retaining the existing cabin endpoint instead of clipping to that old point. No Raven Lake traverse or Leprechaun Ridge extension is included.
Route source 1Route source 2Route source 3Route source 4Route source 5Route source 6Route source 7Copernicus 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/542194122. Sampled and rounded for display.
Complete mapped outing from Steward-published Grizzly Den trailhead, including the return on the same route. Line source (opens original source).
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Follow Highway 16 east for about 88 km from the east end of the Yellowhead Bridge to Hungary Creek.
Turn right onto Hungary Creek Forest Road about 300 m beyond the creek. Stay on the main road.
For Grizzly Den, stop at its parking area about 13 km from the highway.
Parking: The Grizzly Den parking area is about 13 km along Hungary Creek Forest Road. The two trails have separate lots, 2.6 km apart.
From the east end of Prince George’s Yellowhead Bridge, follow Highway 16 for about 88 km to Hungary Creek. Roughly 300 m beyond the creek, turn right onto Hungary Creek Forest Road and stay on the main road. Grizzly Den parking is about 13 km in; Raven Lake parking is a further 2.6 km along the road. Check forestry-road conditions and choose the correct parking lot before applying either trail’s distance.
Estimated drive from Prince George: 1 hr 42 min · 103 km. Modeled one-way driving time from downtown Prince George using mapped road speeds, rounded up to a whole minute. No live traffic or invented forest-road multiplier. Summer road access only: Hungary Creek Forest Service Road is not plowed in winter. Suitable clearance is needed; road surface, gates, washouts, radio procedures and legal access are not verified by the router.
Map position: 53.77911, -121.49621 · steward-published trailhead parking approach. Cabin steward publishes this approximate trailhead coordinate. It lies within 4 m of the reviewed mapped parking-approach vertex; not field verified.
Follow the Grizzly Den trail past 8 Mile Cabin toward the upper meadows.
At the Leprechaun Ridge branch around the 3 km area, remain on the Grizzly Den cabin route for the ordinary outing.
Continue across the wet meadows to Grizzly Den Cabin. Plankway construction was still reported in August 2026.
Follow the Grizzly Den trail through spruce-fir forest, past 8 Mile Cabin and across wet meadows and small creeks to Grizzly Den Cabin. The cabin approach is approximately 6 km one way with about 600 m of gain in the park brochure. At around the 3 km area, the Leprechaun Ridge branch offers a longer, harder alternative; stay on the cabin route unless that extension is planned. The local maintenance report records plankway construction in the lower meadows continuing in August 2026, so not every wet section should be assumed to have boards. Return by the same approach for the standard cabin hike.
Return to the same lot on the cabin approach. The standard outing is about 12 km return; the ridge branch and Raven Lake crossover require separate trip plans.
Terrain: wet meadows · boardwalk sections.
12 km
600 m
Hungary Creek Forest Road is not normally plowed in winter, which can add a long approach before the hiking trail. Avalanche terrain and snow-covered ground fissures require a separate winter route assessment. The alpine portions can be difficult to navigate in poor visibility in any season.
Work on plankways through lower Grizzly Den Meadows began in September 2025 and was still underway in August 2026. Expect construction and incomplete sections unless a newer source confirms completion.
Notice or observation: 2026-08 · Source checked October 17, 2026 · Caledonia Ramblers (opens original source)Hungary Creek Forest Road is no longer routinely plowed. The summer trailhead mileage therefore does not describe the full winter approach. Alpine travel also crosses avalanche terrain and can conceal deep fissures.
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.
Booking information confirmed · Published capacity: 10
Rebuilt in 2024, with five double mattresses for up to ten people. Nearby water can dry up; check the operator’s water directions. Hungary Creek FSR is unplowed in winter.
Check bookings with Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society ↗Raven Lake has designated tent pads; Grizzly Den has a designated tenting area. Wild tenting is also permitted elsewhere in the park. Reserve a cabin separately through PGBRS. Open fires are prohibited; cabin firewood is for the indoor stoves.
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Continue beyond Grizzly Den Cabin for a longer mountain outing above the forest and wet meadows. The summit needs its own navigation plan and adds substantial travel to the cabin…
18 km round trip / Not established gainRead guide →A short summer forest walk to a rustic six-person cabin on the Grizzly Den approach. Winter access adds the unplowed forest road.
Easy / 1.5 km round trip / 90 m gainRead guide →Alpine connection through Pat’s Pass joins Grizzly Den and Raven Lake; Leprechaun Ridge and Raven Peak are optional harder variants.
Hard / 18 km loop / 750 m gainRead guide →Climb through the forest into Raven Lake’s subalpine basin, where the lakeside cabin is the usual turnaround. Return by the same trail; ridge trips and the Grizzly Den crossover…
Moderate / 10 km round trip / 522 m gainRead guide →Climbs through Caribou Meadows to lake and ridge; rough connector to Sugarbowl is a separate traverse.
Hard / 14 km round trip / 1,110 m gainRead guide →The Viking approach climbs through forest and the wet Caribou Meadows before reaching a small lake below the summit. This outing turns at the lake and returns by the same trail.
11 km round trip / Not established gainRead guide →