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Dunster Trail — Dunster Trail / Tom's Cabin
Selected outing: Dunster Trail / Tom's Cabin
- Round trip
- 14 km
- Elevation gain
- Not established Cumulative ascent for this outing has not been established.
- Walking time
- Unconfirmed
- Difficulty
- Unconfirmed
return
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Access and trail reports
Clearing with three trees remaining
The maintenance party removed 14 fallen trees but left larger obstacles near trail kilometres 1.5,1.9 and 2.8. They also widened the trailhead clearing and partly brushed Pepper Pit Road.
Reported 2026-08-01 · checked 2026-10-17 · Caledonia Ramblers
Reports describe the cited dates. An expected reopening date does not establish reopened access.
Use the corrected gravel-pit trail entrance and ascend through forest past the midway lookout. Follow the upper flagging toward Bob Lake and Duchastel Hut, also called Tom’s Cabin. The hut and lake are a shorter destination than the farther Raush Valley viewpoint. Return down the same forest trail; a cabin visit does not require continuing to the distant ridge or imply an available overnight reservation.
1. Getting there and parking
Leave Highway 16 on Dunster Station Road and continue across the Fraser River toward Raush Valley Road/Pepper Road. Turn right onto Pepper Road across the railway and continue to the gravel pit at the end. The community-forest steward warns of a false path along a sand ridge near the sign. The actual trail traverses about 40 m to the right at approximately signpost height, then climbs the back of the pit. An old switchback road gives a longer, gentler initial alternative and later rejoins the trail; use the current sign and steward map to distinguish it from the dead-end false path.
Driving access has not been established for this selected route option; check its original sources.
2. Walking the route
Use the corrected gravel-pit trail entrance and ascend through forest past the midway lookout. Follow the upper flagging toward Bob Lake and Duchastel Hut, also called Tom’s Cabin. The hut and lake are a shorter destination than the farther Raush Valley viewpoint. Return down the same forest trail; a cabin visit does not require continuing to the distant ridge or imply an available overnight reservation.
3. Route map
A source line has not been associated with this route option. Any location pin is destination context only.
Published locations
Numbered points match the map. Use the role beside each point. A summit or park reference point is not a parking location.
| Place and role | Coordinates | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dunster Trail destination reference point | 53.114121 -119.833717 | Embedded trip-map feature 'Trailhead parking': point [-119.833717, 53.114121].
Named access waypoint extracted from the original public trip map. Current road/parking conditions and legal access still require checking. This point is not a confirmed starting point for the selected route option. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/dunster-trail-in-northern-bc/ |
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