Remote drainage route.
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Use the Moose River access at Highway 16 and locate the registration kiosk north of the railway.
For a traverse, arrange the separate Berg Lake road-end pickup before departure; the two trailheads are not the same parking lot.
Parking: The Moose River route starts north of the Canadian National railway at the Moose River–Highway 16 junction. Register at the trailhead kiosk.
The starting kiosk is at the Moose River–Highway 16 junction, on the north side of the Canadian National Railway tracks. Confirm the signed access and parking with Mount Robson Welcome Centre before departure. A through-trip exits at the Berg Lake Trail parking on Kinney Lake Road rather than returning to this highway junction.
Map position: 52.92444, -118.80821 · mapped trailhead north of railway; road parking separate. OSMnode12648285062 is named Moose River Route and classified highway=trailhead; official BC Parks East End Wilderness Trails places the route north of the railway beside Moose River/Hwy16. Source-backed reference location; current access, exact parking and field position not independently verified.
Follow the route generally north beside Resplendent Creek and the Moose River. Gravel flats and marsh bypasses can have no visible trail.
The official route lists camps at 4.2 km, Resplendent Creek at 15.3 km, Trio Mountain at 26 km, Steppe Creek at 38 km and Slide Lake at 43 km.
The Alberta boundary is approximately 49 km from the trailhead. The route includes numerous hazardous river crossings; BC Parks identifies 16 and recommends late summer or very early fall.
Register at the trailhead kiosk, then follow the user-maintained route generally north beside Resplendent Creek and the Moose River. The Alberta border is roughly 49 km from the highway trailhead. The path is not continuous or obvious across gravel flats and marshy sections; this is a navigation-intensive wilderness route with 16 river crossings in the official description. This option turns back at the provincial border and returns to the Moose River trailhead. It is not a short loop: reaching the border is only the outward half of the journey. Continuing through Jasper to Berg Lake requires a different itinerary, permits and a separate road-end pickup.
Turn around at the Alberta boundary and retrace the wilderness route. The 49 km published distance is one way: approximately 98 km return before any detours. It does not describe the shorter-looking loop through Berg Lake.
Terrain: unbridged river crossings · remote navigation.
BC Parks recommends late summer to the beginning of autumn because river crossings are most hazardous during high water. Heavy rain can raise crossings in any month. There is no regular park patrol, and the official source does not recommend off-season use.
From May 4, 2026, BC Parks prohibits watercraft and wading equipment throughout Mount Robson Park waters to limit aquatic disease spread. This includes powered and unpowered craft, inflatables, wading clothing and boots. The hiking trails are not closed by this notice.
Source checked October 17, 2026 · BC Parks (opens original source)BC Parks recommends this route only in late summer or very early fall and advises against the off-season traverse.
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BC Parks lists rustic camps at approximately 4.2 km, Resplendent Creek 15.3 km, Trio Mountain 26 km, Steppe Creek 38 km and Slide Lake 43 km from the Moose River start. The basic toilets, food caches and fire circles are not maintained by BC Parks. A through-trip adds Jasper camps such as Calumet Creek and Adolphus, which require a Parks Canada backcountry permit; Berg Lake Trail camps require the applicable BC Parks reservation or registration. The presence of a fire circle does not override current fire restrictions.
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