McBride & Robson Valley / Full trip pack
Boulder Mountain
- Round trip
- 15 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,200 m Published route measurement
- Walking time
- 6 - 8 hours
- Difficulty
- Hard There and Back
return to summit, rounded
Access and trail reports
Lower approach brushed
Brush was cleared from the first kilometre along the old logging road on August 2,2026. The report does not cover the unmarked summit continuation.
Reported 2026-08-02 · checked 2026-10-17 · Caledonia Ramblers
Reports describe the cited dates. An expected reopening date does not establish reopened access.
Old-road start climbs to former cabin site, then unmarked alpine terrain continues to the summit.
1. Getting there and parking
From Prince George, follow Highway 16 east for roughly 167 km to Goat River Forest Service Road, beyond the Goat River rest area. Turn right and continue approximately 1.2 km to the old spur road on the left, where the hiking approach starts. Park clear of the forest road and identify the trail sign before leaving the vehicle.
Drive from Prince George: 173.4 km · approximately 144 minutes. Estimate; allow for road conditions and stops.
Modeled one-way driving time from Prince George City Hall, using mapped road speeds. Forest-road sections can take substantially longer: surface, clearance, radio procedures, gates, washouts, plowing, and legal access are not verified by the router. No live traffic or invented forest-road multiplier is included. Allow extra time and check the dated access notes.
2. Walking the route
Walk the old logging-road section for about the first kilometre, then climb the established trail through open forest into a bowl around 1,770 m elevation. The former forestry-cabin site lies about 6 km from the start; it is a waypoint, not a remaining shelter to rely on. From the bowl, the summit extension climbs another approximately 1.6 km to the 2,091 m peak, with no marked trail in the alpine. Choose the bowl or summit as the turnaround in advance and record the point where the forest trail enters the open ground. The full published summit outing is roughly 15 km return and 1,200 m of gain. A dated August 2, 2026 report says the initial old-road section was brushed out.
Mapped outing: Summer trailhead → Boulder Mountain summit → Summer trailhead. 13.1 km measured along the mapped line; published trip measurements may differ.
3. Route map
The highlighted line follows the documented outing.
© OpenStreetMap contributors. Route geometry is available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. · Line source · Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 · Source-line database: https://hikingprincegeorge.com/data/osm-route-lines.geojson
Elevation along the outing
Full round trip
Start: Summer trailhead · Turn around: Boulder Mountain summit (6.6 km) · Finish: Summer trailhead (13.1 km mapped).
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.
How the route order was checked
Retained public trip-map facts independently identify Summer Trailhead and Summit. The named licensed OSM Boulder Mountain Trail begins15m from the former and ends54m from the latter, also32m from a separate summit-view observation. These establish the ascent direction and summit extent. Returning on the same described approach gives a complete summer outing.
Copernicus GLO-90 terrain elevations via Open-Meteo (CC BY4.0); linework: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
Copernicus DEM 2021 GLO-90 via Open-Meteo. Linework source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/884929704. Sampled and rounded for display.
Source: https://open-meteo.com/en/licence
Licence: CC BY4.0 elevation data; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 linework · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Profile source checked: 2026-10-18
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boulder Mountain source-published trailhead / parking waypoint | 53.478808 -120.586356 | Embedded trip-map feature 'Summer Trailhead': point [-120.586356, 53.478808].
Named access waypoint extracted from the original public trip map. Current road/parking conditions and legal access still require checking. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/boulder-mountain-snowshoe-northern-bc/ |
| 1. Winter trail access trail access | 53.488556 -120.577354 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/boulder-mountain-snowshoe-northern-bc/ |
| 2. Summer trail access trail access | 53.478808 -120.586356 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/boulder-mountain-snowshoe-northern-bc/ |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Camping and tenting
Wilderness camping is allowed inside West Twin Park, but BC Parks identifies no developed overnight facilities along Boulder Mountain Trail. The historic upper-bowl cabin is no longer present.
Season and access
The alpine summit line is unmarked and can be difficult to relocate in snow or cloud. The dated brushing report applies to the first road section, not a guarantee of all-season access or marking above treeline.
Dogs
Dogs must be leashed and cannot enter park buildings.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
Measurement notes
15 km
1200 m
Source comparison: Boulder Mountain summit; 15 km; 1200 m ascent; 6–8 hours duration; approximately return scope. This is another description of the main outing, a duplicate endpoint, an unscoped source claim, or a related facility.
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